AThe Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Friday, September 10, 1965 - Page 23
Russian Has Slight Lead in Chess Series
Havana (AP) — Vassily Smyslov of Russia held a slender lead Thursday in the Capablanca International Chess Tournament, with Bobby Fischer of New York in a position to move up in his forthcoming match with contender Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia.
The 10th-round match between Fischer and Ivkov was postponed until today when Hurricane Betsy cut teletype communications between the United States and Cuba.
The 22-year-old American is competing electronically from New York because the State Department refused him permission to go to Havana.
Smyslov is in front in the 22-round tournament with 7½ points, while Fischer, Ivkov and Russia's Ewfim Geller are tied for second with 7.
