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Chess 30 Jul 1960, Sat The Montreal Star (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com
Let's Play Chess
U.S., Russians Fight Hard In Major World Events
By William Oaker
Victor Korchnoi, Soviet champion and Sammy Reshevsky, many times holder of the US championship tied for first in the Buenos Aires international chess tournament.
Except for the first few rounds Reshevsky had led throughout the 19-round event. Time and again others threatened him but they were forced back. From the 14th round on however, it was obvious who America's chief threat would be when Korchnoi pulled within half a point of the lead and hung there, matching Reshevsky point for point. It was only in the last round that Korchnoi drew level.
Reshevsky won eight games, lost one (to fellow American Larry Evans), and drew 10. Korchnoi won nine games, lost two (to Hector Rossetto of Argentina and Richard Wade of new Zealand), and drew eight.
Laszlo Szabo of Hungary, who scored 12-7, was second. Other scores and standings:
Evans, United States, Guimard, Argentina, Rossetto, Argentina and Taimanov, Soviet Union, each 11-8;
Olafsson, Iceland, and Unzicker, Germany, 10½-8½;
Gligoric, Yugoslavia 10-9;
Benko, United States and Uhlmann, Germany, each 9-10;
Fischer, United States, Ivkov, Yugoslavia, Pachman, Czechoslovakia and Wexler, Argentina each 8½-10½;
Eliskases, Argentina, 8-11;
Foguelman, Argentina and Wade, New Zealand, 5½-13½;
Bazan, Argentina, 6-13.
Leningrad Struggle
An American and a Russian student's team are having a similar chess battle in Leningrad. Fourteen countries are entered in the World Students' team championship which has turned into a USA-USSR battle with the Soviet team leading by a point after eight rounds.
GOOD ARE YOU?
FEN k4r2/1R4pb/1pQp1n1p/3P4/5p1P/3P2P1/r1q1R2K/8 w - - 0 1
White to Play and Win
The solution is short and to the point.
1. RxNQNP dis.ch. QxQ
2. RxRch!
And white mates next move.
Solution:
1. Rxb6+ Qxc6
2. Rxa2+ Qa4
3. Rxa4#
Scores and standings are as follows:
Soviet Union, 26-6;
United States, 25-7;
Yugoslavia, 22½-9½;
Czechoslovakia, 19-13;
East Germany, 16½-11½;
England, 16-12;
Bulgaria, 15½-12½
Rumania, 15-17;
Netherlands, 12-16;
Mongolia, 8½-19½;
Belgium, 7½-20½;
Sweden, 6-26;
Finland, 5-19.
