ANew York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, August 20, 1958
Fischer Wins Again In Interzone Chess
Bobby Fischer, 15-year-old chess champion of the United States, defeated Raul Sanguinetti of Argentina in the ninth round of the interzonal tournament at Portoroz, according to a report from Yugoslavia last night. The South American was outplayed in a twenty-eight move Sicilian defense.
It was Fischer's second consecutive victory. It landed him in a tie for sixth place, at 5—3, with Yuri Auerbach of Russia.
Tigran Petrosian of Russia, who drew against Otto Neikirch of Bulgaria, kept the lead with a score of 6½-2½; Mikhail Tal, the Soviet champion, was second with 6—3 after winning from Geza Fuster of Canada.
