AThe Leader-Post Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Tuesday, May 18, 1971 - Page 25
Fischer Wins Opening Match
Vancouver (CP) — Bobby Fischer of New York won the opening game of his 10-game match against Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union Monday when the Russian grandmaster resigned without further play.
The game had been adjourned Sunday night with the U.S. grandmaster holding a commanding position after the 40th move in the first game of the quarter-final elimination match to decide a challenger for the current world champion, Boris Spassky of Russia.
Fischer now leads the match 1-0 with the second game scheduled to be played today.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands (AP) — Grand masters Bent Larsen of Denmark, and Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany adjourned on the 41st move their third game of the world chess championship quarter finals Monday.
The same will continue today.
The two players are tied in the standings with one point each in two games. The first one Friday was won by Larsen when Uhlmann gave up continuation after 44 moves.
Moscow (Reuter) — Soviet grand masters Yefim Geller and Viktor Korchnoi drew their third game in the world chess title quarter final match on the 35th move here Monday, Tass news agency reports.
The score now stands at 2-1 in favor of Korchnoi.
Tass said the first nine moves duplicated exactly the position that developed in the first game between Mark Taimanov of Russia and Bobby Fischer of New York, played in Vancouver Sunday.
Tass said after that opening, Korchnoi started a pawn offensive but later agreed to a draw after Geller secured footholds in centerboard.
