AThe Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Wednesday, May 19, 1971 - Page 5
Chess: 1st Round Win To Fischer
Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday. — Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union resigned without further play yesterday in his adjourned game with Bobby Fischer of the U.S. giving Fischer a 1-0 lead in their World Chess Championship quarter-final match.
Taimanov, two pawns ahead, had no defense to a mating attack.
The game was first of a 10-game series.
In Moscow, Soviet Grand Masters Yefim Geller and Viktor Korchnoi drew their third game in the quarter-finals match on the 35th move. The score now stands at 2-1 Korchnoi's way.
