AIdaho State Journal Pocatello, Idaho Tuesday, September 28, 1971 - Page 4
Dear Ing:
Bobby Fischer, America's greatest chess master, goes to Buenos Aires for his semi-final match in the World Championship series. The match starts September 30, and will last at least a month.
His opponent will be Russia's Tigran Petrosian, former World Champion, Petrosian lost his title to Boris Spassky, present title holder, and also a Russia.
Fischer has already won two matches along the way, eliminating Russia's Taimanov, and also Denmark's great Bent Larsen. He crushed both players 6-0 in ten-game matches. Such complete shut-outs are almost unheard of in master chess.
Fischer is favored by most experts to take care of both the remaining Russians, but not by such total victories. But then, no one knows—he has been called the strongest chess player who ever walked the planet.
Eugene L. Cowan, President of the Upper Valley Chess Club, Box 431, Driggs, Idaho, 83422
