AThe Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, July 20, 1971 - Page 78
12 Straight - Fischer Wipes Out Larsen
Denver (Reuter) — U.S. grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeated Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen Tuesday night to win the semi-final of the world chess championship challengers' series in six straight games.
Larsen resigned after 41 moves when he saw his attack failed and Fischer was in superior strength with men on the board.
Fischer will play the winner of the semi-final between Soviet grandmaster Tigran Petrosian and Viktor Korchnoi.
The winner of that match then will meet the world champion Boris Spassky, also of the Soviet Union.
Fischer has now won 12 straight games in the challengers' round — an unprecedented string of victories. He earlier Soviet grandmaster Mark Taimanov, 6-0, in a quarter-final match in Vancouver.
Larsen appeared to be in trouble form the start of the game Tuesday when he used a Bird's opening as white which Fischer developed into a Sicilian defense.
Larsen's tight situation was reflected at one point when it took him 30 minutes to make a move as he apparently tried to find a plan of attack.
Fischer played a defensive game against sacrifices to protect his king.
The 12-game match between Fischer and the winner of the Moscow playoff will be played in September in a neutral country, said E.B. Edmondson, executive director of the U.S. Chess Federation.
Edmondson said Yugoslavia, France and Argentina have already extended invitations to play host to the final.
