The Israel chess team retained its lead in Group III of the 17th Chess Olympics in Havana last night after playing to a 1-1/2 – 1-1/2 draw with the United States team in the fourth round of the Olympics preliminaries, it was reported here today from Havana, Israel now has 9-1/2 points to 8-1/2 for the second place U.S. team.
In last night’s matches, Miguel Czerniak of Israel defeated William Addison of San Francisco; Nicholas Rossolimo of New York defeated S. Kagan of Israel; and the game between Israel’s Yeir Kraidman and Larry Evans of New York was a draw. A fourth game between Joseph Porath of Israel and Robert Byrne of Indianapolis was adjourned.
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