The Guardian London, Greater London, England Monday, June 01, 1964 - Page 3
Larsen Leads in Chess
“…Though the candidates tournament have been modified into a series of knockout matches and the World Chess Federation has made rules to reduce the influence of seconds for analysing adjourned games, as a way of reducing the effect of the USSR's organisation, the U.S. champion, Bobby Fischer, has declined to participate. Instead he has stated his desire for a match directly with the world champion, Petrosian, and there is little hope of permission for that.”