Gligoric Advances In Portoroz Chess: Bobby Fischer Adjourns After 41 Moves with Cardoso

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New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 08, 1958

Gligoric Advances In Portoroz Chess
Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia moved closer to the lead in the interzonal chess tournament at Portoroz, Yugoslavia, last night, according to a report received here.
Gligoric defeated Hector Rosetto of Argentina in a forty-one move Ruy Lopez in the completion of an adjourned nineteenth-round game. He then drew with Pal Benko of Hungary after twelve moves in a King's Indian defense in the twentieth round.
Gligoric is second with a score of 12½-6½. The leader, Mikhail Tal, the Soviet national champion, drew with a fellow-countryman, Tigran Petrosian, in a King's Indian defense of twenty-two moves. Tal, with a record of 13-6 with one round remaining, clinched his place in next year's challengers tournament.
Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, adjourned after forty-one moves with Rodolfo Cardoso of the Philippines, who set up a Caro-Kann defense. Fischer had the better prospects in an ending with minor pieces. Fischer, with a 10½—7½ record, is given a fair chance to qualify.