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Chess 04 Mar 1961, Sat Weekly Examiner (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England) Newspapers.com
Chess and Draughts
Young men in a fine battle royal
THIS week brings a departure from the usual policy of producing a game featuring a loca player. But the recent clash of Tal and Fischer in the International Team Tournament at Leipzig produced a game of rare ferocity and interest.
Mikhail Tal, in his early twenties, and present World Champion, is renowned for his combination skill, while Bobby Fischer is the boy prodigy who has now won the U.S. Championship for four years running, although still in his teens.
The game early shows signs of the battle royal it soon becomes. Both sides use their heavy artillery to good effect, and a wholesale slaughter is the result. There are many traps and pitfalls on the way, but they are overcome by dexterous and imaginative play. A draw is a fitting result to this masterpiece.
Surely the day is not very far away when these two giants will be playing a twenty-four game World Championship match. And what a feast of chess that should provide!
