AThe Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 18, 1971 - Page 42
Dane Ready to Resume Chess Match
Denver (UPI)— Denmark's Bent Larsen has recovered from a minor illness and is ready to meet U.S. chess ace Bobby Fischer today in the fifth game of their 10-game match.
Larsen was examined by his doctor late Saturday morning. No details of the illness have been revealed but it was believed caused by the strain of the tournament.
Larsen became ill Wednesday, forcing postponement of the scheduled Thursday game. Fischer leads 4 to 0.
In Moscow Soviet chess players Tigran Petrosyan and Viktor Korchnoi to the seventh draw in their 10-game world semifinals match, the Soviet news agency Tass said.
Neither man has won a game and the draw, which came after only 13 moves, leaves the score at 3.5 to 3.5.
Petrosyan and Korchnoi are playing to determine who will play the winner of the Fischer-Larsen match.
The winner of that match has the right to challenge world chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in 1972 for his title.
