AThe New York Times New York, New York Thursday, March 04, 1971 - Page 32
Chess Elimination Will Begin on May 2
The elimination chess matches to determine the challenger for the world chess championship, now held by Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, will begin May 2, according to the United States Chess Federation.
Bobby Fischer (house guest of Los Angeles resident Lina Grumette), the eight-time United States champion, will meet a Soviet grandmaster, Mark Taimanov, in Caracas, Venezuela, or in Spain.
Another Soviet grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, will be paired with a countryman, Grandmaster Yefim Geller, in the Soviet city of Sochi, and Bent Larsen, a Danish grandmaster, will meet Grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany in the Canary Islands.
A former world champion, Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union, and Grandmaster Robert Huebner of West Germany are scheduled for the Netherlands.
