AThe Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, Thursday, August 21, 1958
Young Chess Wizard Trails Soviet Player
Portoroz, Yugoslavia, August 20 (AP) — Bobby Fischer, 15-year-old New York chess wizard, drew with the young Argentinian grand master, Oscar Panno in the interzonal chess tournament today. But the youthful American still trailed pace setting Mikhail Talj of Russia by 1.5 points.
Bobby and Panno drew after 21 moves in a Sicilian defense game.
Hungarian refugee Paul Benko, now a member of the U.S. Chess Federation, drew with Iceland's Fridrik Olafsson.
James Sherwin of the U.S. also played a draw with Bulgaria's Oleg Neikirkh. Their match ended after 24 hours.
After 10 rounds of the 21-round tournament, Talj led the field with seven points. Benkoe had six with one adjourned match. Fischer had 5.5 points, Sherwin was far down with two points and one adjourned match.
