ACourier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, August 14, 1958
The United States will definitely field a team at the World Chess Olympics at Munich in October, thanks to the financial contributions of USCF members and the American Chess Foundation. The team will be the strongest we can put together, possible members including Samuel Reshevsky, Bobby Fischer, Bisguier, Evans, one or both Byrnes (Donald and Robert), and William Lombardy.
It was announced that the State Department has given clearance for a U.S. Russian team match in this country in 1959, but no acceptance has yet been received from the Russians.
Bobby Fischer isn't finding it all peaches and cream in the interzonal tournament at Portoroz, Yugoslavia. After four rounds he is doing no better than a tie for 10th place in the 21-man field with a 2-2 score. He has lost to Pal Benko, Hungarian-American refugee, and drawn with Hector Rossetto, of Argentina, and Fridrik Olafsson, of Iceland.
James T. Sherwin, the other American entrant, has a 1-2 score with one game adjourned. He has lost to Tigran Petrosian of Russia, and Laszlo Szabo, of Hungary, winning from Boris DeGreif of Colombia.
Petrosian and Yuri Averbakh, another Russian, are tied for the lead at 3-1. Trailing them by half a point are seven other players— Tal, Panno, Olafsson, Bronstein, Benko, Gligoric and Matanovic.
