The Charlotte News Charlotte, North Carolina Friday, October 29, 1971 - Page 7
Chess Player Gets Argentine Award
Buenos Aires (AP) — Chess master Bobby Fischer of the United States and Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union have been awarded the May Merit Order by the Argentine government for “unite the world around your chessboard.”
The insignia was presented yesterday in the San Martin Municipal Theater where Fischer defeated Petrosian in a semifinal match for the world chess title.
Fischer won five games, drew three and lost one in defeating Petrosian for the right to meet Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the world title this spring.