AThe Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Saturday, September 11, 1965 - Page 11
Slav Chess Master Leads U.S. Champion
New York (UPI) —Yugoslav chess master Borislav Ivkov was in a stronger position than American chess champion Bobby Fischer Friday when they adjourned their crucial match in the Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament.
Play adjourned until Sunday morning after 41 moves.
A win for either man would give him undisputed possession of first place at the halfway mark in the Havana-based tourney, which will run 22 rounds.
The match between the Yugoslav and the 22-year-old American originally had been scheduled for Wednesday but Hurricane Betsy washed out communications between Havana and New York, where Fischer is playing via cable. The U.S. State Department refused to let him visit Cuba.
If the match ends in a draw it will put Fischer in a tie with Ivkov and Vassily Smyslov of the Soviet Union.
