APacific Daily News Agana Heights, Guam Thursday, July 08, 1971 - Page 16
Chess Championship Begins
Denver, Colorado (UPI)—Bobby Fischer of the United States and Bent Larsen of Denmark began play in a semifinals match of the world chess candidates tournament.
Fischer won the toss and will be on the offensive in the first match with the white pieces.
Colors alternate each game thereafter. Tournament Director is Paul Klein of Ecuador.
At one time, it appeared Fischer was out of contention for the right to meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the world title over 24 games in 1972.
But an American challenger dropped out, making way for Fischer to enter the candidates tournament at a later date.
The matches in Denver, and one in Moscow between Tigran Petrosian and Viktor Korchnoi, are the final stages of a lengthy series to select Spassky's challenger.
The world championship cycle, worked out years ago by the International Chess Federation, takes three years to complete.
