AThe Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Monday, July 12, 1971 - Page 43
Russian Chess Masters Play To 4th Draw
(UPI) Soviet masters Victor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian played to their fourth draw in four games yesterday in the Moscow semifinals of the world chess championship, the Tass news agency said.
At Denver, American Bobby Fischer and Denmark's Bent Larsen were to play their third game in their best of 10 series last evening. Fischer holds a 2-0 lead in the competition.
Korchnoi and Petrosian resumed a game adjourned on Saturday and agreed to call it a draw on the 65th move, Tass said. The score in their semifinal series is tied at 2-2.
Fischer won his first game last Tuesday when Larsen resigned after 41 moves. The second game, Thursday, ended with Larsen resigning after 54 moves and unable to avoid mate.
Fischer stunned the chess world earlier this year in the quarterfinals of the current challenger series when he scored an unprecedented 6-0 victory over Russian grandmaster Mark Taimanov in a Canadian match.
