The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, May 20, 1971 - Page 43
Chess Game Adjourned Again - It Was Bobby's Bad Day by Bill Rayner
Wednesday was not a good day for U.S. grandmaster Bobby Fischer.
First of all, he failed to make any headway against Soviet Union grandmaster Mark Taimanov in the adjourned second game of their world chess championship match.
After 3¼ more hours of play, the game at the University of B.C. was adjourned once again — this time on the 73rd move.
Fischer, 28, also was moved to complain to match referee Bozidar Kazic about Tiamanov's physical maneuvers.
The 45-year-old Russian's pacing up and down the stage at the Student Union Building's movie theater apparently did not help Fischer's concentration.
Then Fischer got hungry, leading to one of the fastest adjournments in chess history. Before Taimanov had even written down his sealed move, Fischer was off the stage and gone for dinner.
As white, Fischer entered today's play with a one-pawn edge on the queen-side. He could not capitalize, however, gave up the pawn and shifted sights to the kingside.
Taimanov did just as well over there, managing to simplify the position to where Fischer had the only pawn left on the board.
With other material equal, Taimanov stood a better chance of drawing than when play began.
Fischer leads the 10-game match, 1-0. Third game will be played today at 4 p.m., with Wednesday's adjournment being picked up Friday.
The match is part of a series of eliminations designed to pick a challenger to world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
In other action, Soviet grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Yefim Geller adjourned their game in Moscow Wednesday on the 43rd move. Korchnoi leads the series, 2-1.
In Las Palmas, Canary Islands, grandmster Bent Larsen of Denmark defeated East German grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann on the 39th move, giving Larsen a 2½-1½ lead.