ANew York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, May 20, 1971 - Page 38
Fischer, Taimanov Adjourn 2D Contest
Vancouver, B.C., May 18 —Bobby Fischer (house guest of California resident Lina Grumette), the eight time United States chess champion, adjourned his second game here against Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union.
Fischer opened with 1. P-K4 and Taimanov decided on a Sicilian defense.
The game was adjourned with Fischer a pawn plus. In addition, he had a passed pawn that will be difficult or impossible to stop. Fischer won his first game against Taimanov.
The match is one of the quarter-finals to establish the challenger for the world chess championship, now held by Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, May 19 (AP)—Grandmasters Bent Larsen of Denmark and Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany drew their adjourned game in the chess quarter-finals yesterday. Each one won one, lost won and tied one. Their fourth game of 10 will be played today.
The fourth game between the Soviet Grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Yefim Geller, in Sochi, the Soviet Union, was adjourned yesterday. According to Tass, the Soviet press agency, the position was favorable to Geller, who was playing white. Korchnoi won the first game and the second and third were drawn. The score is thus 2-1 in Korchnoi's favor.
