The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, September 23, 1962 - Page 23
Chess Notebook 23 Sep 1962, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com
The multiple protests, which have gained in number, size and volume with each succeeding candidates tournament, concerning the methods used in selecting a world title challenger have borne fruit. The final phase of selection has been overhauled completely. Zonal and interzonal tournaments remain the same. The eight qualifiers for the erstwhile candidates tournament will now play a series of elimination matches. The top half will be paired against the bottom half and each pair will play a 10-game match. The four winners will be paired in 10 game matches, also. The final two winners will play a 12-game match and the winner of that will be the challenger.
This, will all its faults, should finally eliminate all complaints of team play on the part of the Russian players, we hope.
Bobby Fischer heads the American chess team in the chess Olympics at Varna, Bulgaria. Larry Evans, national champion, Donald and Robert Byrne, and Edmar Mednis are on the team. At this writing, it is not certain whether Paul Benko, slated for second board, is with the team. If Benko misses out, then Eliot Hearst will drop the non-playing part of his title (he's team captain) and step in as reserve.
David Ames, Quincy, points out that Chess Notebook in an item on Elo's international rating list “obviously overlooked the rating changes of the international masters, and Grand Masters, Fischer is not No. 2, not now, anyway.” Ah, David, reporters report; statisticians emit statistics. It ill behooves an enemy of statistics to tamper with scientific findings simply because he no longer believes. When Prof. Eli reassigns the men it will be reported. USCF did, of course, let Fischer slip a notch or two and also included the other Curacao players—that was all separate from Mr. Elo's report in print and in fact.
John Curdo says of the following game: “I like.” Why not: a point's a point.
