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Quick-Draw Chess Experts Are Told To Play The Game 09 Sep 1962, Sun St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com
Quick-Draw Chess Experts Are Told To Play The Game
Stockholm, Sept. 8 (UPI)—The International Chess Federation Congress ended Thursday with a decision aimed at stopping “grand master draws” in international matches.
In the interzonal world Chess Tournament in Stockholm last winter, and more recently in the Curacao world semifinals, it was not unusual for chess masters to agree on a draw after only 10 moves.
The congress has decided that both players may be declared losers if they agree on a draw before 30 moves. Tournament referee may, however, make exceptions.
The congress's decision is to be applied at the chess olympics which open at Varna Sept. 15. A congress spokesman refused to say whether United States delegates suggested the new rule.
Informed sources said United States champion Bobby Fischer, who is to take part at Varna, was eager to have the draw decision passed.
