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Bobby Fischer Clinches First In Chess Tournament 04 Mar 1962, Sun St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com
Bobby Fischer Clinches First In Chess Tournament
New York, March 3—Another victory crowned the efforts of Bobby Fischer of New York in the twenty-first round of the world interzonal chess tournament in Stockholm, a report from theme said last night.
He defeated Julio Bolbochan of Argentina and increased his score to 16 to 4. Fischer has definitely qualified for the challengers' tournament, the next step leading to the world's championship, regardless of the results in the remaining two rounds.
Ewfim Geller and Tigran Petrosian, two of the Soviet players, remained tied for second place with 13½ to 6½.
