The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, May 20, 1971 - Page 31
Russian Makes Comeback by Paul Raugust
Russian grandmaster Mark Taimanov did his homework well Tuesday night.
Teetering on the brink of defeat in the second game of his world chess championship quarter-final match with American Bobby Fischer, Taimanov evened the score Wednesday afternoon, forcing a second adjournment in the game on the 72nd move. More than 8½ hours have been spent on the game during the two days.
Taimanov had been down a pawn and the strength of a bishop over a knight, but he quickly evened the count when Fischer chose to leave a pawn unprotected in favor of utilizing his king in a king-side-counter-attack. Fischer's attack never materialized into anything of major consequence.
Fischer leads the match by one victory, but with Taimanov getting back the advantages of white in today's game, the Russian could tie it up with a win today and with what looks like a certain draw when play resumes in the second game Friday.
The 28-year-old Fischer stormed out of the University of B.C. Student Union Building auditorium at adjournment. During the course of play he had an angry exchange with chief arbiter Bozidar Kazic of Yugoslavia about Taimanov's habit of taking a walk after each move. Fischer said this distracted him from his game.
Kazic, however, declined to take any action and the Russian continued his walking habits.
Meanwhile, the fourth game between Soviet grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Yefim Geller, played in Moscow Wednesday, was adjourned on the 43rd move.
The game opened with a variation of the Sicilian Defense. Korchnoi now leads the 10-game series 2 to 1.
Bent Larsen of Denmark won his fourth game in Las Palmas, Canary Islands in his match against Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany who gave up on the 39th move.
Larsen leads the series 2½ points to 1½.
There was no play in the Seville, Spain, series on Wednesday.
The competition is being held to decide who will meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in Moscow next year. The challengers qualified in a tournament held in Spain last year.
