AThe Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, October 19, 1971 - Page 33
Fischer Takes Chess Lead
Buenos Aires (AP) — Bobby Fischer of the United States won the sixth game of his challengers' chess match with Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union Monday night.
Fischer gained his victory after 66 moves and eight hours of play that saw Petrosian, former world champion, put up tremendous resistance.
The victory gave Fischer a one-point lead in the 12-game series that will decide who will meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union next year for the title.
Fischer now has 3½ points and Petrosian 2½ points. Three games ended in draws that gave each player a half point. A total of 6½ points is needed to win the match.
Petrosian and Fischer opened play in their session, which was adjourned Sunday night after five hours of play and 41 moves, with Fischer, as expected, capturing one of his opponent's five remaining pawns.
Petrosian was on the defense to try to prevent Fischer's black pieces from forcing through his extra pawn.
At the point of adjournment Sunday, Fischer was attacking but from a relatively weak position with his bishop on the same color as his pawns.
Petrosian, with the whites and first move, started with the queen's Fianchetto game but did not advance in the center of the board.
Fischer dominated the central squares and attacked on both sides.
