The fallout over the incident resulted in the cancellation of the Paris Summit scheduled to discuss the ongoing situation in divided Germany, the possibility of an arms control or test ban treaty and the relaxation of tensions between the USSR and the United States.
Powers was convicted of spying and sentenced to three years in prison and seven more of hard labor. In February, 1962, however, he and a detained American student were traded for a captured Soviet spy, Rudolf Abel.
But, that wasn't the worst news. On September 24, 1960, The Howdy Doody Show, a children's television program, aired for the last time after 13 years on the air. It had been canceled by the NBC network.
In other disheartening news Bobby Fischer stumbled a couple of times that year. In June of 1960, he was upset by Argentine IM Bernardo Wexler (1925-1988) in the Buenos Aires tournament which was the worst tournament result of Fischer's career. The story is that Larry Evans bought the services of a prostitute for Fischer and that accounted for his bad results. Fischer tied for 13-16th along with Wexler, Ludek Pachman and Borislav Ivkov.
Wexler was an Argentinian master who was born to Jewish parents in Bucharest, Romania, and emigrated to Argentina at the age of seven. His chess career began after World War II. He retired as a court official and died in Buenos Aires.
That, however, wasn't Fischer's worst defeat. The U.S. team at the Chess Olympiad in Leipzig, East Germany was made up of Fischer, William Lombardy, Robert Byrne, Arthur Bisguier, Nicolas Rossolimo and Raymond Weinstein. It was there that an engineer and unknown amateur player, Cesar Munoz (1929–2000) of Ecuador, beat Fischer, the last untitled player to do so.
Robert Fischer–Cesar Munoz0–1Leipzig ol (Men) qual-DLeipzig GDR18.10.1960Stockfish 14.1
Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack B77: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4
sidelines 1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 g6 Although it is
no longer popular among the top GMs, the Dragon remains one of the most
attractive options for amateurs because of its aggressive nature and it allows
black to fight for the initiative from the very start. Fischer played 6.Bc4 6.e3 g7 7.f3 0-0 8.d2 c6 9.c4 GM John Emms stated: I can safely say
that the Yugoslav Attack is the ultimate test of the Dragon. White quickly
develops his queenside and castles long before turning his attentions to an
all-out assault on the black king. To the untrained eye, this attack can look
both awesome and unnerving. Bobby Fischer said, "I play 1 e4 and if we have a
Ruy, the position would be balanced. I could never lose." But, then concerning
the Sicilian he added "...then I play 6.Bc4 and I'm better. So what can He
do?'" a6 9...d7 The most popular move. 10.0-0-0 Also good is 10.h4 c8 11.b3 e5 12.b1 a6 13.h4 h5 Zhigalko,S (2675)-Mchedlishvili,M (2621)/
Tashkent 2014. In this sharp position white has a lot of options. 10.b3 a5 In my database black has tried 8 different moves here, but none have been too
successful. The text is seldom played, but it seems it is no better or worse
than anything else. 10...a5 11.0-0-0 b5 12.h4 d7 13.h5 b4 14.d5 xb3+ 15.xb3 xd5 16.exd5 Black held on for a draw in Vogt,L (2460)-Enders,P
(2430)/Kecskemet 1988 11.0-0-0 d7 12.b1 ac8 13.g4 e5 14.h6 A
rather routine move. 14.Nd5 was better. 14.d5 d8 15.xf6+ xf6 16.g5 g7 17.h4 c4 18.xc4 xc4 19.h5 c7 20.h2 c8 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.d2 e5 23.b3 a5 24.a3 b5 25.f2 b8 26.c1 a4 27.c3 b4 28.cxb4 axb4 29.axb4 ba8 30.b3 a1+ 31.b2 xc1+ 32.xc1 8a2+ 0-1 Varnusz,E-Honfi,K/Budapest 1961 14...c4 15.xc4 This is more or less forced. 15.g5 xh6 16.xh6 xb2 17.xb2 xc3+ and black is winning. 15...xc4 This is a mistake, but
both players were unaware of it. Both players fail to realize that at their
turn it would be advantageous to exchange Bs because if black plays ...Bxh6
after Qxh6 white's Q turns out t be poorly placed. 15...xh6 Playing this
first was mandatory because it keeps the chances about equal although black
needs to play with caution. 16.xh6 xc4 17.e5 17.g5 h5 18.d5 e8 19.b3 d8 20.e3 c8 21.d4 also results in equality. 17...dxe5 18.b3 c7 19.g5 followed by Nd5 with equal chances. 16.b3 16.xg7 leaves white
with the advantage after xg7 White has two promising plans. He can try 17.
Nb3 followed by g5 and d5 or he can play 17.g5 followed by e5. Either way, he
has a promising position. 16...e5 16...xh6 was an interesting
alternative, but after 17.xa5 xd2 18.xc4 xc3 19.bxc3 white is better. 17.h4 Up to this point Fischer's position has been promising, but after
this black could have equalized by exchanging Bs. 17.xg7 Keeps the
advantage after xg7 18.g5 h5 19.d5 e6 20.b6 with the better game. 17...fc8 17...xh6 equalizes. 18.xh6 The Q is not as well placed here
as it looks! fc8 19.d3 b5 18.f4 Again, exchanging Bs was better. 18.xg7 xg7 19.he1 Now black's most promising continuation is to sacrifice
the exchange. xc3 20.bxc3 e6 21.f4 xc3 22.xc3 xc3 23.g5 with an
unclear position, but in Shootouts white scored 5 wins although the endings
involved were tricky. 18...e6 19.h5 b5 Black has managed to equalize. 20.hxg6 fxg6 21.h6 h8 And here is where Fischer makes a losing blunder. 22.e5 22.c1 This strange looking move was the best bet to save the
position. a5 23.e2 e5 24.f4 Things gets fancy now although black could
play 24...Qe6 and he would have had a solid position. xe4 25.xe5 xd2+ 26.xd2 xe5 27.xc4 xc4 28.c3 Engines give black a slight edge here, but
here, too, in Shootouts white scored 5 draws. 22...b4 After this black has
a winning attack. 23.exf6 23.e2 this shows why having a R on c1 guarding
the P was important. xc2 24.xc2 xc2 25.xc2 xe5 26.ed4 d5 27.d2
Black has a winning advantage. 23...bxc3 The only move to keep the
advantage. 24.h2 xf6 25.g5 f7 26.e2 cxb2 27.xe7 xe7 28.xe7
The remainder of the game is a mop up. xc2 29.xd6 a4 30.g5 f2 31.e3 xf3 32.d4 xb3 33.axb3 xd4 34.xd4 xb3 35.d2 cb8 36.d7 a3
Fischer resigned. After 22...b4 Munoz's play was nearly flawless as he gave
his opponent no chances. 0–1
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