The Morning News Wilmington, Delaware Friday, October 01, 1971 - Page 3
Fischer Wins Chess Game
Buenos Aires (AP)— U.S. ace Bobby Fischer won the first game of his semifinal chess tournament with Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union last night, scoring the victory in 40 moves.
The opening was a Sicilian defense, which Petrosian played in black.
In the end game, Fischer outplayed Petrosian and forced the win of a knight. Petrosian resigned at that stage.
Fischer, 28, from New York, and the 42-year-old Petrosian thus ended in about four and a half hours the first game of their 12-game tournament to determine who will meet world champion Boris Spassky for the title.