MY FIRST GAME XVth Chess Olympiad at Varna WITH FISCHER U. S. S. R. Is Victar by World Champion Varna, the Rulgarian resort town situated on the west shore of the Black Sea, Mikhail Bohinnik was the host to thirty· ni ne participating countries in the !-'ifteenth Chess Olympics from September 15 to October 10. (A Cltes"s Life Exclusive) Each country entered a four-board team and the 39 teams were divided Into GRUNFELO DEFENSE four preliminary groups, each group playing a round·robin. After the completion of the preliminary tournament, the three lop-scoring learns of each group were placed White: Botv jnnik Black: Fi5cher in "Section A" of the Finals; the next three in "Section B" and the remainder in 1. P·Q&4 P-KN3 "Section C. " Groups w('re determined at a technical conference of team captains 2. P·Q4 H·KB3 and lots were drawn to determine competitive numbers of the teams. Play was 3. N·QB3 P·Q4 started at 4 P.M., local time, Sept. 16 by the referee, International Grandmaster Salo Flohr of the U.S.S.R. f'il;chcr very rarely plays the Grunfeld Defense. The four top seeded teams, U.S.A., Argenti na, U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia, were placed in different groups and each lived up to expectations by taking first place 4. N·B3 B·N2 in its group. And, in fact, they were the fou r top finalists. 5, Q.N3 ..... ... nagosin's Systcm-onc of the strongest The l:.S.S.R. captur ed the team title in the Finalists Tournament with 31.5 points wa ys of meeting it. out of a possible 44. The results of Section A were as follows: 5. ...... PxP Place Team Score Plaee Team Score 6. QxBP 0·0 7. P·K4 S·NS 1. U.S.S.R . ............ ........... .. ... ... ....... ......31.5 7. W. Germany ............... .. .... ... ... ......... 21 And t his is Smyslo v'~ Variation - a 2. Yugoslavia . ...... .......... ..... ... ..... ....... 28 8. F:. Germany .... .. ... .. .. "' .. ............ ... ....2 0.~ sound line of defense. 3. Argentina .. ................... .............. .....26 9. Rumania .. .... ....... ... ..... ...... ...............20 .:s 8. B·K3 KN·Q2 4. U.S.A. .. ............................................2 5 10. Czechoslovakia ................ .............. 18.:s 9. B·K2 ........ 5. Hungary ..........................................23 11. Netherlands .................................. .. 18 A modest move, which is not particu­ 6. Bulgaria ........................... .............. .21.5 12. Aus tria ....... ............... ...................... lO.:s larly popular. 9. 0-0-0 is morc ener­ getic. -COliI'd I'. 219 9. ... ," ... N·QB3 u .::.- It was more precise to play 9 ..... .... , N-N3 • j and not decide the position of the Queen's Knight yet; Smyslov d id that - against me in the 4th game of ou\' reo • turn match in 1958, 10. R-Ql N·N3 11 . Q-BS 0 -03 12. P·KR3 BxN 13. PxB KR .Ql Carelessly played. The correct mo\'c he !" c wa~ pointed out by Furman - 13 ..... .... P·K3! - and Black gels an equal game. No w White can start a dan· gc rOliS pawn advance. 14. P-QS N-K4 15. N-NS ••• ••• •• At once 15. P-B4 is not good because of 1:S . ........ , N( K4}·B5: 16. BxN, QxQ ; 17. BxQ. NxB: 18. P·K5 , NxNP; 19. R·Q4, P·KB3! and White's central posi· tion breaks up. 15 . ....... Q·KB3 N (K4)-Q2 16. P-B4 HISTORIC MEETING. The- first game- ever played between World Champion 17. P·K5 ....... Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer wu during the XVth Olympi.d at Vuna on (Continued on P(I IW 220) October 8. The game, with Botvinnik', notes, begins in column one. 'y",,,.,,e XVII Number 10 October, 1i62 EDITOR: J. F. Reinhardt CONTRlaUTORI Weaver Adams, Leonard Barden, Peter Berlow, Arthur Bisguier, R. E. Draine, Dr. Richard Cantwell, John W. Collins, Fred Cramer, Edward A. Dickerson, Major E. D. 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Byrne .... .. ........ __ 1 Mfl lich .............•........ 1 IiVins .•.......... _.......... 1 Schmid .. _....... •.•...... 1 pics. Their domination of the event Mednls ...................... 0 Fuchl ••.........•............ 1 D. Byrne .......... __ .... 1 TrOflger .................. 0 started in 1952 at Helsinki in the tenth - , , I Olympiad . Over this period the team has " centered around Botvi nnik, Smyslov and ROUND II ROUND VIII Keres, and it is a tribute to their U.S.A_ Argenlina U.S.A. Bulg..ria Fischer ._._ ................ 1 N'idorf .................. 0 Fischer .. _.... _--._ •.. 1 p.denky •..••.•.•• _..•. 1 Benko . __ ... _._ .... __ .1 staying power that they have swept the Bolbochen ~ ............ l Ben ko ~.-.-~ ...... --.l Trin90'" ._ ... _ ..• ___.1 E... a ns _._. ___ .... _.__ .1 Pfl nno ... ·_ _......... _•.. 1 EVins •..... _... __ ..._ . _1 Minev __ ......._ ... _. .. _. 1 field for so long. A non·Russian vietory R. Byrne __ ............. 1 ROSHllo •....•.•..•..... _0 R. Byrne __ ... _. __ .... 1 Popov ._ ................... _0 this year would not have been too sur­ -, -I prising-for the competition, in theory " " at least, was equal to the task. ROUND III ROUND IX U.S.A. C:r:echoslonki .. U.S.A. HungflrY But as pl ay progressed the Russian Fische r .................... 1 Filip .......................... 1 Fls<;her ............ .... .... l Portls<;h ..•..•....•....•.