AThe Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, November 11, 1962 - Page 84
Chess by Isaac Kashdan 11 Nov 1962, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Fischer At Olympics
If will and determination could do it, American ace Bobby Fischer would have won every game he played at the top board in the Chess Olympics at Varna, Bulgaria. He insisted on staying in the lineup without missing a round, and played each game as if the championship depended on it.
Things did not go smoothly, however, particularly in the two final rounds, when Fischer was matched with world champion Mikhail Botvinnik of the Soviet Union, and Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia.
Against Botvinnik Fischer obtained the advantage in the opening, winning a pawn after some tactical exchanges. He seemed to wear the champion down, leading into a rook and pawn ending with no great problems.
Then with two passed pawns ready to march, Fischer made one hasty move and the dream was over. On his 51st turn Fischer offered a pawn on the king side that he could have defended. But Botvinnik, by a little finesse, forced the exchange of one of the passed pawns, and the resulting position could no longer be won.
The Fischer-Gligoric game was even more disheartening. Fischer developed a dashing attack, advancing his king side pawns to open lines. Prospects looked good, though Gligoric's solid defense allowed no breakthrough.
Then somehow, after a few pieces were exchanged, the picture was drastically altered. Gligoric's king was quite safe, while the white monarch, his chain of pawns now far advanced, was quite vulnerable. A few accurate moves and Gligoric's pieces were in full control.
Keres Vs. Geller
Paul Keres, in his winning match with Ewfim Geller to play off the tie in the Curacao tournament, scored two wins to one and five games were drawn. The following games show Keres' forceful, accurate play in both middlegame and ending.
