ANew York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, March 18, 1962 - Page 202
Benko Qualifies For World Chess
New Yorker 6th Player To Gain Challengers Event
Pal Benko of New York, a United States grand master, gained 2½ points in a six-game play-off of the interzonal chess tournament in Stockholm this week, and became the sixth player to qualify for the world challengers tournament, according to Tass, the official Soviet press agency.
Benko actually finished in seventh place in Sweden, but he will play in the challengers' tournament in Curaçao, the Dutch West Indies, in May and June because the sixth-place winner, Leonid Stein of the Soviet Union, was the fourth player from his country to qualify. Only three players from any one chess federation are allowed to compete.
The challengers' tournament will determine the opponent to meet Mikhail Botvinnik of the Soviet Union, holder of the world title. Bobby Fischer, the United States champion who finished in first place at Stockholm, will also compete in the tournament.
The following are selected games from the interzonal tournament:
