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Addreu all communications. and make aU Ch ecks payable to: -,------ UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION, to East 11th Street, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003 SEPTEMBER. 1966 199 Fisher Surge Half Point Short Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, play World Champion Petrosian. Clearly fall into a tie for fifth through eighth playing with unshakable consisteney Fischer would go all-out to win, while places. He recovered to score 2"h out of throughout, went undefeated through Spassky would be content with a draw. his last 3. eighteen grueling rounds of play to cap. Fischer opened with a Ruy Lopez which Although he did not win the tourna· tUfe the Second Piatigorsky Cup Tourna­ Spassky countered with the Marshall ment, Fischer's performance in the seL­ ment, held in Santa Monica, California Attack, once thought of as a risky, and half demonstrated that when be is in July 17 to August 15. Although Spassky aggressive line but now considered a form, no one in the world is better. was rarely In danger of losing a game, good drawing variation; Spassky had Spassky is more consistent; usually Petro· be did have to withstand a dramatic used it as such in his match with Tal. sian Is also, as are several other Soviet challenge by U.S. Champion Robert J . Jo'ischer played an unusual 12th move. players; but Fischer seems superior to Fischer, who came {rom far behind to tie He held the gambit pawn and did not any when in top fo rm. His second balf fo r first place with two rounds remai n­ aHow a Kingside attack, hut his develop. score was 7!A .l lh , representing a per­ ing. Fischer was tied for last place, with ment was always backward. While Fisch· formance rating of approximately 2900! three points, after eight rounds; after er was in no danger, neither could he Probably the only other player capable round nine, the half-way mark, he had shake oU the pressure and use his extra of having such a streak is the erratic 3% and trailed the leaders by 2Y.! points. pawn to play for a wi n. A draw was former Soviet Champion Victor Korchnoi. At this point, a sudden change occurred agreed to on the 35th move. Fischer, at 23, is much yo unger than - the Fischer who had won the inter­ The final round proved decisive. Spas· any of the top Soviets; also, his slow zonal 2% points ahead of Petrosian and sky played the Ru y Lopez against Don· start in this event may have been in part GeUer, who had swept the U.S.