ANew York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, August 12, 1958
Fischer Gets Draw In Interzonal Chess
Adjourned games from the third and fourth rounds were completed last night in the interzonal chess tournament at Portoroz, according to a report from Yugoslavia.
Two Russians, Yuri Auerbach and Tigran Petrosian, lead the field, each with a score of 3—1. Auerbach took his third-round match with Otto Neikirch of Bulgaria after 41 moves.
Pal Benko of Hungary remained in third place. Mikhail Tal, the Soviet champion, suffered his first defeat and fell to a six-way tie for fourth place at 2½—1½.
Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, the United States champion, played a third-round draw with Hector Rossetto of Argentina in 73 moves. Fischer won a pawn but had to give up a rook for another pawn about to reach the eighth rank.
James T. Sherwin of New York won his third-round game from Boris deGreif of Colombia in 49 moves. Sherwin had a queen and two united passed pawns against a rook and two minor pieces.
