The Parsons Sun Parsons, Kansas Wednesday, June 02, 1971 - Page 16
Fischer Moves Nearer Chess Playoff Sweep
Vancouver, B.C. (AP) — The sixth game in the series to select a challenger for the World Chess Championship adjourned here Tuesday with U.S. Grandmaster Bobby Fischer holding a strong lead.
At adjournment on the 43rd move, Fischer was two pawns ahead of Soviet Grandmaster Mark Taimanov and it appeared only the formality of Taimanov's resignation was needed today. The victory would give Fischer a 6-0 sweep in the best-of-ten-game match.
Winner of the quarter-final elimination match will meet Danish Grandmaster Bent Larsen in a semi-final game of the challengers' playoff. The winner of the challenger series will meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the title.