ANew York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, August 23, 1962 - Page 26
Chess: Lesser-Known Soviet Stars Can Play Up a Storm, Too
In the Soviet Union there are at least a score of players—some recognized as grand masters, others little known in this country—whose playing strength is no whit behind that of the five Soviet stars who played in the Challengers' Tournament in Curacao.
Grand Master Boris Spassky, like America's ace, Bobby Fischer, a former child prodigy, is always a tough opponent, he consistently wins first, second or third place in any tournament he enters.
In his game against Grand Master Pachman of Czechoslovakia, played in the recent Capablanca Memorial Tournament in Havana, a lively midgame melee wound up in White's favor. Black probably overlooked the resourcefulness of White's 24 Q-B2 ch.
Black resigned because no matter how he answered White's 27 Q-Q7 ch, he was faced with a hopeless end game—two pawns down with not a ghost of a counter.
Lev Polugayevski is the newest star in the Soviet chess galaxy. He recently won an international tournament at Mar Del Plata, Argentina, and finished second, behind Grand Master Miguel Najdorf, in the Havana Capablanca Memorial.
In his game against W. Pietzsch of East Germany, played in the Havana event, White exploited the inactivity of Black's king bishop. It is evident that Black hardly solved the problems of this very positional opening.
When Black resigned he realized that 28 . . . BxKt would be unavailing in the long run, because White could play 29 QxB and if then 29 . . . R-Kt3. White's 30 QxP would assure White an attacking diagonal for his bishop against the black king, which would be poorly placed against the combined action of the white pieces.
