Library of chess Club Partizan, Belgrade, in Serbo-Croatian language, 1960 (?), paperback,148 pages, 220 grams, condition: fair, without inscriptions.

Various articles by Gligoric, Ivkov and V.Sokolov, all the190 games, some annotated by GMs Gligoric, Ivkov, Matanovic and V.Sokolov, Milic, a group photo with all players (Fischer is pictured in the third row, in the center of the photo) and some chess problems.

In one of the strongest tournaments held this year, Victor Korchnoi, and Samuel Reshevsky, tied for first place in the Jubilee tournament in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the revolution for Argentine independence. Laszlo Szabo, Hungary, place third and a quadruple tie for fourth to seventh places among Larry Evans, Carlos Guimard and Hector Rossetto, Argentina and Mark Taimanov. Bobby Fischer finished a disappointing tie for thirteen through sixteen. 

Bobby Fischer was one of the favourites to win the tournament given his previous successes, but he produced a miserable result. How could Fischer’s weakness in this tournament be explained?

Much later, the reason for Fischer’s poor form was revealed in Pal Benko’s autobiography, which was co-authored by Jeremy Silman. Fischer’s friend and mentor Larry Evans is said to have introduced Fischer to a young woman before the tournament, who then developed a very intense and time-consuming relationship with the US grandmaster. In the tournament hall, Fischer thus lacked strength and energy and occasionally apparently suffered from a lack of concentration, as could be seen in his game against Unzicker. Fischer perhaps felt that he had to make up his mind afterwards, as he would later coin the saying, “Chess is better!”