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Chess 27 Mar 1960, Sun The Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin) Newspapers.comRosenwald Game
Of interest to chessplayers in the U.S. was the following game, played in the Rosenwald tournament, between the United States' two representatives in the world's candidates tournament. Fischer proved his superiority over Benko, by beating him at his own game, in a rook and pawn ending.
Robert James Fischer vs Pal Benko
United States Championship (1959/60), New York, NY USA, rd 10, Dec-30
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Classical Variation (B63) 1-0
World Championship
In the Botvinnik-Tal 24 game championship match now under way in Moscow, Tal opened with white and won in the first game. The second, third and fourth games were drawn, and Tal now leads 2½-1½.