AThe Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, May 28, 1971 - Page 31
Fischer Again? -- Mop-Up Time in Chess Match by Bill Rayner
Another mop-up operation appears in store for Bobby Fischer today in his chess match with Mark Taimanov.
As usual, the fifth game in their world championship quarter-final was adjourned Thursday night, and as usual, the U.S. grandmaster held the upper hand.
At adjournment after the 41st move, Fischer was a pawn up and held the initiative. In a tactical confrontation of queens and rooks, he controlled more space and had forced the Soviet grandmaster to go on the defensive.
Leading 4-0 in the 10-game match, Fischer decided Thursday on the Gruenfeld defense. It was a departure from his usual King's Indian as black in previous games here.
Taimanov, who knows a little about the Gruenfeld, too, went into a long-discarded variation he had resurrected last year at the U.S.S.R. - World match.
Play centered around a fight for control of the queen's file. Both players moved cautiously and had used up most of their allotted clock time when the 40th move arrived.
Taimanov had a tempo for most of the game, but just before adjournment, his pressure on the queen's file faltered and Fischer managed some counterplay.
Pieces were exchanged and both players went pawn hunting for a while. Fischer came out of it with the more active queen and a 3-2 pawn majority on the kingside.
If Fischer wins in the adjournment today, the fifth straight, he will need only a half-point to advance to the semi-finals of the challengers' round. Eventual winner of the elimination series will meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the title in 1972.
Meanwhile, in the Canary Islands, East Germany grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann defeated Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen in the eighth game of their match. Larsen now leads, 4½-3½.
