AArizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Thursday, June 03, 1971 - Page 8
Fischer Goes To Semifinal Chess Round
(AP) Vancouver, B.C. — U.S. grand master Bobby Fischer scored a 6-0 sweep of the quarter-final elimination match of the world chess championship yesterday when Soviet grand master Mark Taimanov resigned without further play.
The game was adjourned Tuesday night on the 43rd move with Fischer in a winning position. Leading 5-0, he needed only a draw to win the 10-game match and advance to the semi-finals of the elimination series.
Fischer now meets Danish grand master Bent Larsen, who earlier defeated East Germany grand master Wolfgang Uhlmann 5½-3½. The series is being held to determine a challenger for world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
At adjournment on the 43rd move, Fischer was two pawns ahead and moving in for the kill. Fischer, playing white against Taimanov's Sicilian defense, allowed the Russian to gain a strong pawn center. Taimanov, however, was forced to cede Fischer control of the flanks.
After a half-hearted attack on the kingside, easily rebuffed by Fischer, and another inconclusive foray on the queen-side, Taimanov was forced to turn the initiative over to Fischer.
The U.S. player then attacked Taimanov's center and had control of the board at adjournment.
In the other quarterfinals, Tigran Petrosian of the U.S.S.R. defeated Robert Huebner of West Germany 4-3 and Viktor Korchnoi beat Yefim Geller 5½-2½. Both are Russian.
Korchnoi will meet Petrosian in the other semifinal.
