ANew York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, September 09, 1958
Fischer Bolsters Tourney Position
Beats Cardoso in Portoroz Chess to Stay in Running for Challengers' Event
With one more round to be contested in the interzonal chess tournament at Portoroz, Mikhail Tal, the Soviet national champion, continued in the lead, according to a report from Yugoslavia yesterday.
Tal had 13 points, to 12½ for Tigran Petrosian, also of Russia, and Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia. The three are assured of advancement into the challengers' tournament next year. Three more places depend on results in the final round tomorrow.
Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, won his adjourned twentieth-round game from Rodolfo Cardoso of the Philippines in sixty-two moves in a bishop versus knight ending.
The 15-year-old Brooklynite has an excellent chance for one of the three remaining places. At 11½ points he is tied with David Bronstein of Russia, who is still undefeated.
James T. Sherwin of New York took his twentieth-round match with Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland in forty-one moves without resuming play. Olafsson, however, was able to draw with Petrosian, in the nineteenth round after 77 moves.
