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Fischer Takes 6th in Chess Contest
Buenos Aires (AP)—Bobby Fischer of the United States won the sixth game of his 12-game chess series with Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union last night.
Petrosian and Fischer opened play in their session, which was adjourned Sunday night after five hours of play and 41 moves, with Fischer capturing one of his opponent's five remaining pawns as expected.
The game had adjourned with the 28-year-old American and the 42-year-old Russian nearly even in material. Fischer had a rook, bishop and five pawns and Petrosian a rook, knight and five pawns.
Fischer attacked an exposed pawn and seized it on the 43rd move.
Petrosian was on the defense to try and prevent Fischer's black pieces from forcing through the extra pawn.
The winner of the series will meet world's champion Boris Spassky next spring in a battle for the title. Fischer now has two wins to Petrosian's one. Both have three draws.
Wins count one point and draws a half point, with 6½ points needed for victory. If neither player can score a win within the 12-game match sudden-death single games will be played.
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.
In the 27th move, Fischer had a well-supported passed pawn in the center and Petrosian had a passed pawn also on the queen-rook file but it was exposed.
Additional police were on duty at the San Martin theater to guard against further incidents like the stink bomb Sunday. A prankster tossed a sulfuric acid bomb into the rear of the crowded theater, forcing some spectators to leave for a few minutes. Fischer and Petrosian were unaware of the incident and continued to play.
