AThe Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, May 20, 1962 - Page 92
Soviet Masters Lead In Curacao 20 May 1962, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Soviet Masters Lead In Curacao
Three Soviet grandmasters are undefeated and virtually tied for the lead after eight rounds of the Candidates' Chess Tournament being played at the Hotel Intercontinental in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.
Paul Keres of Estonia is in first place momentarily with a score of 5-2, having won three games and drawn four. However, he has an inferior position in an adjourned game with Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn.
Tigran Petrosian twice defeated former world champion Mikhail Tal of Latvia and drew his other six games for a score of 5-3. Victor Korchnoi has 4½-2½ and an unfinished game with Dr. Miroslav Filip of Czechoslovakia.
Another Soviet entry, Ewfim Geller, has a plus score of 4-3. Fischer, who started badly but has picked up somewhat, is tied at 3-4 with Pal Benko of New York, the other American in the tournament.
Filip is in seventh place with 2½-4½. Last with a dismal score of 2-6 is Tal, the pre-tournament favorite. His games show sparks of the brilliance for which he is noted, but also several examples of surprising ineptitude.
With 20 rounds still to go, many drastic changes in the standings may occur. If Fischer should win his game with Keres he will be but one point behind. His youth should give him the extra stamina needed for the long stretch.
