ACalgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada Monday, October 18, 1971 - Page 6
Chess Match Sixth Game Adjourned
Buenos Aires (CP) — The sixth chess match in the 12-game world semi-final series between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union was suspended Sunday night after 41 moves.
The two grandmasters will resume play at 7 p.m. tonight.
They drew the fifth game in the series three days ago and now have 2½ points each.
The winner of the series will play world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in Moscow next spring.
When the game adjourned at 10 p.m. Fischer with the blacks had completed his 41st move. When play resumes he will win a pawn but it was not clear whether he could go ahead and win the game.
Petrosian, with the white, opened the queen's fianchetto game. This meant he was playing defensively, holding his center back and permitting the black a firmer center.
Petrosian deliberately went into a backward defence although he had the white pieces, apparently to see if Fischer would overextend himself.
Fischer won the first game and Petrosian the second. The last three ended in draws.
Remaining games will be played Tuesday, Thursday and Sundays through October 31, with 6½ points required for victory.
