ANew York Times, New York, New York, Friday, August 08, 1958
Tal In First Place
Russian Leads in Interzonal Chess in Yugoslavia
Eight adjourned games were played off last night in the first and second rounds of the interzonal chess tournament at Portoroz, according to a report from Yugoslavia. Mikhail Tal of Russia is in first place with a 2-0 score.
Bobby Fischer, the United States champion, and Pal Benko, Hungary, were tied at 1½—½ by Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland and Tigran Petrosian of Russia, both of whom won their unfinished games.
Petrosian won his first-round game from James T. Sherwin of New York in fifth-eight moves of a Queen's Gambit. Olafsson beat Laszlo Szabo of Hungary in forty-two moves.
