AThe Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, July 11, 1971 - Page 182
Chess - Fischer Wins 2 Straight by Harold Dondis
Bobby Fischer has won the first two games in his 10-game match with Bent Larsen, at Temple Buell College in Denver.
The next game of the match will be played this afternoon. Games are scheduled for Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays until one player scores 5½ points.
The semi-final match between Russians Tigran Petrosian, the former world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi ended in a draw. Their series is deadlocked.
Our choices in the matches are Korchnoi and Fischer, but not by much. With one match being held in the U.S., it is hoped that American press coverage will improve over the abysmal reportage of the Vancouver match.
Though wire services covered the match, American newspapers showed little interest and chess buffs checked Russian and foreign sources for news.
Here are the fifth and sixth Fischer-Taimanov games. In the fifth, Taimanov has, if anything, an edge most of the way, but his blunder on the 46th move after adjournment in no time trouble is no less than childish.
In game six, Taimanov becomes over-committed and Fischer picks up a pawn with a nice combination. Note that, if 22 … P-K4 23. RxP wins a pawn for if 23. … PxR, 24. NxPch picks up a Queen. This threat is decisive.
