ANew York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, May 22, 1971 - Page 28
Fischer Leading In Chess, 3 To 0 — Takes 2 Adjourned Games in Vancouver Match by Al Horowitz
Vancouver, B.C., May 21. — Bobby Fischer (house guest of Los Angeles area resident, Lina Grumette) won two more games today in his quarter-finals match with Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union. The score now stands at 3-0, with the fourth game to be started tomorrow.
This match is one of four to establish the challenger for the world chess championship, now in the hands of Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
Last Sunday Fischer won the first game and appeared to be well on his way to winning the second. But an inadvertence deferred the victory until today. Picking up the position of Game 2 where he had left off after an adjournment after 77 moves, Fischer had his work cut out for him. He was a pawn ahead but difficulties obtruded.
Exchanging pieces would result in a draw, and most other lines open to him would yield no more. Fischer exhibited a precise maneuvering so that each move of his bishop would balance the scope of the knight.
Ultimately he cleared the path of his passed pawn, and when it no longer could be impeded on its march to the eighth rank, Taimanov resigned. Altogether, the game took 94 moves.
Immediately at the conclusion of the second game, Taimanov resigned the adjourned third game, which he could no longer sustain.
More Draws Posted Grandmasters Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union and Robert Huebner of West Germany played their sixth consecutive draw yesterday in their 10-game quarter-finals match to determine the challenger for the world chess championship. They will play their seventh game at Seville, Spain, on Sunday. They each have 3 points. At Las Palmas, Spain, Bent Larsen of Denmark and Wolfgang Uhlmann of West Germany drew their fifth game. They also will play again Sunday. Larsen has won two games and Uhlmann one, with two draws. The score is thus 3 to 2 in favor of Larsen.
