AThe New York Times New York, New York Thursday, March 04, 1971 - Page 32
Chess Eliminations To Begin On May 13
The time and place for the elimination chess series to determine the challenger for the world championship, now in the hands of Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, have been set and confirmed, according to Ed. P. Edmondson, executive director of the United States Chess Federation.
May 13 has been set as the opening day of all the matches.
Bobby Fischer of the United States will meet Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union in Vancouver, British Columbia; the former world champion, Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union, will meet Grandmaster Robert Huebner of West Germany in Seville, Spain; Grandmaster Bent Larsen of Denmark will meet Grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany in the Canary Islands and Grandmaster Yefim Geller of the Soviet Union will meet his compatriot, Viktor Korchnoi, in Sochi, U.S.S.R.
The eight participants will play 10-game matches, reducing the contenders to four. Matches among the four winners will bring forth two winners, and eventually a final match will promote the winner to the challenger for the world title.
