AThe Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Wednesday, September 01, 1965 - Page 4
U.S. Champ Again Wins In 22-Move 'Masterpiece'
From AP and L.A. Times-Washington Post Service Dispatches
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S chess champion Bobby Fischer won his third long-distance game of the Capablanca Memorial Tournament last night in a game that one expert said “will go down in chess history.”
The 22-year-old champion beat his opponent, Gueorghia D. Tringov of Bulgaria, in 22 moves.
“The game was a masterpiece,” said Saul Rubin, president of the Marshall Chess Club. Fischer is cabling his moves from the club to tournament headquarters in Havana because the State Department refused to grant him a visa to visit Cuba.
Rubin said Fischer's game was “extremely brilliant and complex.” At one point, he said, Tringov did not believe one of Fischer's moves and had to telephone New York on the chess “hot line” to confirm it.
“He thought it was a losing move, but really it was a winning move,” Rubin said.
Fischer Wins 3 Of 5 Games
In five games so far, Fischer has won three, against Heinz Lehmann of West Germany, former world champion Vassily Smyslov of the Soviet Union, and Tringov. He had a draw against Romania's Victor Cioaciltea. His fourth game. against Belgium's Alberic O'Kelly, was adjourned yesterday until Friday after 54 moves had been played.
Smyslov, 44, resigned in his game with Fischer after an overnight adjournment. Speaking in English over a direct telephone line which supplements the teletype used for moves, he congratulated the surprised American on winning. Earlier Smyslov had proposed a draw on his 24th move, but Fischer declined and went on to build up a stronger position.
Smyslov and Fischer had met before, during a challengers' tournament in Yugoslavia in 1959. Each won a game and two games were tied.
Here is Fischer's victory:
