AThe Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, September 05, 1965 - Page 18
Fischer Now Tied For Second In Capablanca Chess Tourney
Bobby Fischer, the stormy petrel of American chess and U.S. champion, moved up to second place in the Capablanca Memorial Tournament at Havana Friday after playing to a draw with Britain's Robert Wade.
The draw was agreed upon after Fischer's 69th move in his adjourned game with Wade. The American is competing in the tourney by cable because the U.S. State Department would not grant him permission to visit Communist Cuba.
Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia remained in the lead with a score of 5½ to 1½. Fischer and Russia's Vassily Smyslov were in second place with scores of 5 to 2. Russia's Ratmir Kholmov is fourth with 4½-1½ and one adjourned game.
Fischer's seventh-round match with Bruno Parma of Yugoslavia ended in a draw Thursday night after the 34th move. Earlier in the day his adjourned fourth-round game with Alberic O'Kelly of Belgium ended the same way.
Fischer will continue play today with an eighth-round match with Hungary's Lazlo Szabo.
This stunning win by Fischer over Bulgaria's Georghiu Tringov in the Capablanca Memorial already has been hailed as an immortal gem. Experts have described the game as one of “great brilliance and theoretical importance.”
