AThe Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, August 09, 1958
Canadian Chess Expert Loses Two
Portoroz, Yugoslavia (CP) — Geza Fuester of Toronto, 48-year-old Canadian international chess master, has lost his first two rounds in the interzonal world chess tournament here.
The five top finishers among the 21 contestants will qualify for the tournament of candidates for the world title. This leads to a world championship match with world titleholder Mikhail Botvinnik of Russia.
Fuester lost his first round to Paul Benkoe of the United States on the 19th move. In the second round he bowed to the 15-year-old American wonder kid, Bobby Fischer.
Canadian Loses Twice In Chess 08 Aug 1958, Fri The Kingston Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) Newspapers.com
Canadian Loses Twice In Chess
Portoroz, Yugoslavia (CP) — Geza Fuester of Toronto, 48-year-old Canadian international chess master, has lost his first two rounds in the interzonal world chess tournament here.
The five top finishers among the 21 contestants will qualify for the tournament of candidates for the world title. This leads to a world championship match with world titleholder Mikhail Botvinnik of Russia.
Fuester lost his first round to Paul Benkoe of the United States on the 19th move. In the second round he bowed to the 15-year-old American wonder kid, Bobby Fischer, on the 36th move.
After two rounds of the 20-round match, Soviet grandmaster Mikhail Talj is leading with two wins against no losses.
