ANew York Times, New York, New York, Monday, March 05, 1962 - Page 30
Fischer Raises Score In Chess
New Yorker Defeats Bertok—Geller Beats Yanofsky
Paired with Mario Bertok of Yugoslavia in the twenty-second and semi-final round of the world interzonal chess tournament in Stockholm yesterday, Bobby Fischer of New York, who has already clinched first place and has qualified for the challenger's tournament, increased his score to 17-4, according to a report received from the Swedish capital.
Fischer conducted the black pieces in the orthodox variation of the Queen's Gambit declined. The Slav lost a piece and resigned after thirty-one moves.
Ewfim Geller of the Soviet Union, second with 14½-6½, defeated Abe Yanofsky of Canada. The Canadian had the black pieces and set up a King's Indian defense. With a winning attack, Geller scored after thirty-seven moves.
Tigran Petrosian, another Soviet player, dropped to third place when he failed to finish with Eugenio German of Brazil. At the end of the session an adjournment was taken with Petrosian having the better position.
Leonid Stein of the Soviet Union added 1½ points to his score and, with 13½-7½, moved up into fourth place. He defeated Miguel Cuellar of Colombia after winning three pieces for a queen in a Ruy Lopez which lasted forty-seven moves. He scored a half point when German agreed to a draw in their unfinished twenty-first-round match.
Dr. Miroslav Filip of Czechoslovakia, fifth in the race with 13-7, was content to split the point, with Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia in fourteen moves—the shortest game of the round.
Results of other matches yesterday:
