APacific Daily News Agana Heights, Guam Saturday, October 16, 1971 - Page 28
Draw Partner
Buenos Aires (UPI) — International grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the United States and Russia's Tigran Petrosian drew the fifth contest of the final candidate's chess match being held here tonight.
It was the third straight game the two have drawn and left them still tied after the five games with two and one-half points each.
Fischer offered the draw at the 38th move and it was accepted immediately by Petrosian, world chess champion from 1963 to 1969.
At the time, Petrosian still had five minutes left to make two moves to reach the 40 required in two and one-half hours. Fischer still had 27 minutes left.
Petrosian had offered the draw at the 34th move but it was refused by the North American.
At the end, the two players were evenly matched in number and value of pieces still on the board.
Fischer, playing whites, had four pawns and both his bishops. The Russian had four pawns, a bishop and a knight.
Fischer opened the game with his favorite opening, pawn to king four and Petrosian, a defensive stalwart, used a Petroff defense, rarely used in international matches.
Up until the 18 move, Fischer assumed the attack but the initiative passed to the Russian grandmaster by move 27, although playing blacks.
But on move 31, Petrosian offered a queen swap which Fischer accepted and the draw became a foregone conclusion.
The two had gone into the fifth match tied with two points each, one for a single victory and one for the two previous draws.
