ANew York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, April 15, 1962 - Page 215
Fischer and Tal Favored In Chess
Grandmasters Rated Highly for Curacao Tourney
Of the fifty nations on the membership rolls of the International Chess Federation, only three will be represented in the challengers' tournament, scheduled to open in Curacao May 1.
Five players qualified from the Soviet Union. They are Mikhail Tal and Paul Keres, both seeded; Tigran Petrosian, Victor Korchnoi and Ewfim Geller.
The United States will be represented by Bobby Fischer, the winner of the interzonal tournament in Stockholm, and Pal Benko, both of New York. Dr. Miroslav of Czechoslovakia completes the list of challengers who will contend for the privilege of meeting Mikhail Botvinnik of the Soviet Union for the world title. All are rated as grandmasters by the governing body.
In view of Yugoslavia's chess talent, it is surprising that there is no candidate from that country.
Discussion among chess devotees here has been rife as to the likely outcome of this event. On the record, the chances of Bobby Fischer, the 19-year-old former United States champion, are bright. He was the real hero of the Stockholm tournament and performed brilliantly. The eyes of European skeptics were opened and he is now accepted as a world master, the peer of any, confident of his prowess.
Following are scores of games from the supplementary tournament at Stockholm to break the tie and determine sixth, seventh and eighth places among Benko, Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia and Leonid Stein of the Soviet Union.
