AThe Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, July 21, 1971 - Page 6
Fischer Beats Dane in Chess
Denver (UPI) — New York chess wizard Robert J. (Bobby) Fischer, 28, defeated Bent Larsen of Denmark in 40 moves Tuesday to win a place in the finals of the world chess championships.
Fischer defeated Larsen in six straight games in the best-of-10 series to eliminate the Dane from the world playoffs.
Fischer now will face the winner of the semifinals series being held in Moscow between Soviet grandmasters Tigran Petrosian and Viktor Korchnoi. That series is deadlocked at 4-4, with all eight games having ended in draws.
The winner of the finals match will play Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the world chess title in 1972.
Fischer cut a deeper notch in chess history Tuesday by again shutting out a chess grandmaster in international competition. It had happened only once before—when Fischer defeated Russian Mark Taimanov in the Vancouver quarterfinals.
