AThe Times Shreveport, Louisiana Tuesday, September 07, 1965 - Page 52
U.S. Chess Champ Gains In Tourney
New York (UPI) — U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer moved Tuesday into a three way tie for first place with Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Vasily Smyslov of Russia in Havana's Capablanca Memorial tournament.
Fischer moved from a second place position to the front rank by defeating Gilberto Garcia of Cuba this morning in a match that had been adjourned overnight. Garcia conceded the game on his 53rd move.
Fischer will play Ivkov tomorrow in what observers describe as one of the most important matches of the tourney. The 22-year-old American's moves will be cabled from a chess club here to the tournament in Cuba because the U.S. State Department would not give Fischer permission to visit the Communist-controlled island.
Fischer, Ivkov, and Smyslov have scores of 7-2. Today's matches will be the 10th round of the tournament.
