AAsbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Monday, September 13, 1965 - Page 19
Fischer Loses 1st Chess Game
Havana, Cuba (AP) - Bobby Fischer of New York lost his first game in the Capablanca International Chess Tournament yesterday when he conceded a 10th round adjourned match to Yugoslavia's Borislav Ivkov after 53 moves.
The match, as all of those played by the U.S. grand master, was conducted by cable with Fischer making his moves in New York. The U.S. State Department refused to give the youthful American permission to travel to Cuba.
Ivkov's victory moved him into the lead after 11 rounds with nine points. Russia's Vassily Smyslov dropped to second with 8 and Fischer to third with eight.
