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Chess 16 Jul 1960, Sat The Montreal Star (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com
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Reshevsky Still Rolls Along While Others Come and Go
By William Oaker
Sammy Reshevsky, the diminutive Grandmaster from the United States, once one of the most feared tournament players in the world is generally considered a “has been”. But you would never know it from his first place landing after 13 rounds in the Buenos Aires International Tournament.
Despite having lost in the first round of this 20-player event, Sammy jumped into the lead and continues to surprise everyone by tenaciously staying there.
Another American Grandmaster, Larry Evans, who defeated Reshevsky in the first round fought it out for first place for a few rounds but has gradually slipped to tie for fourth spot.
Come and Go
Wolfgang Unzicker, of Germany, also shared the lead temporarily but has also been forced to drop a half point behind. They come and they go, but Sammy just keeps on rolling along. His latest threat is in the form of Victor Korchnoi, Champion of the Soviet Union, who has struggled up out of the pack where too many draws in the early rounds had mired him. He is now tied with Unzicker only a half point behind the front-running New Yorker. Korchnoi will not be pushed aside so easily, however. Anyone who wins the Soviet title head of Keres, Smyslov, Bronstein, Petrosian, Spassky, and company, is going to be a tough man to handle.
Scores and standings after 13 rounds are as follows:
Reshevsky, United States, 9-4;
Korchnoi, Soviet Union, and Unzicker, Germany, 8½-4½;
Evans, United States, and Szabo Hungary 8-5;
Olafsson, Iceland, Rossetto, Argentina, and Uhlmann, Germany, 7½-5½;
Guimard, Argentina, and Taimanov, Soviet Union, 7-6;
Ivkov, Yugoslavia, 6½-6½;
Benko, United States, Gligoric, Yugoslavia, Pachman, Czechoslovakia and Wexler, Argentina, 6-7;
Fischer, United States and Eliskases, Argentina, 5-8;
Foguelman, Argentina 4½-8½;
Bazan, Argentina, 4-9;
and Wade, New Zealand, 2½-10½.
It is an impressive testimony to the strength of this event that three players Benko, Gligoric, and Fischer, Grandmasters all, a few short months ago were among those chosen as having a chance to become the future world champion. There are six rounds to go.
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FEN r1b2rk1/ppp3b1/7p/3P2pq/2PB4/1P2Q1P1/P4nKP/R3RNN1 w - - 0 1
The blow that should lower the white flag in this position curiously enough, is one of the more obvious moves on the board.
1. BxB!
Simple, but strong. We will spare white the torture of what happens if he does not take the bishop back. Besides being a piece down white will have to look down the barrel of a discovered check. The reader may choose his own form of massive. Not so obvious however, is the result after
2. … QxB
The refutation is very economical: a mate in three moves.
2. … B-R6 ch!
3. NxB Q-B6 ch
4. K-N1 Q-R8 mate
1. any Bxd4
2. Qxd4 Bh3+
3. Nxh3 Qf3+
4. Kg1 Nxh3#
