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Chess 31 Jul 1960, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com
Last Spring Bobby Fischer staged a dogged race against time and finally overtook Boris Spassky in the final round of the famous Mar del Plata (Argentina) tournament. This month Spassky's compatriot, Victor Korchnoi, Soviet champion, after a slow start, chased Samuel Reshevsky, Fischer's countryman, and finally overhauled veteran Sam at the wire. Reshevsky and Korchnoi tied for first place in the elite Buenos Aires tournament 13-6. Reshevsky final record showed 8 wins, 10 draws and one defeat. The loss was to Larry Evans, New York, in the first round. Korchnoi won 9 drew 8 and lost to Hector Rossetto and Richard Wade. Wade finished last in the tourney and scored only 5½ points.
Laszlo Szabo, Hungary was third, (12-7); Evans Carlos Guimard, Rossetto, and Mark Taimanov, tied for fourth with 11-8.
Major disappointment of the meet was the poor showing of Bobby Fischer who posted his first minus score (8½-10½) since his baby days when he was a mere 13 instead of a mature 17.
The entry list comprised 14 grandmaster and six masters. Two of the lowly masters made the prize list ahead of eight games.
Here is the upset of the tournament.
Robert Wade vs Viktor Korchnoi
Buenos Aires (1960), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 10, Jul-05
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense. Modern Gambit (D06) 1-0
