The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, May 22, 1971 - Page 57
Russian Resigns Twice More - Fischer, 3; Taimanov, no score By Paul Raugust
Unrelenting determination and an abundance of talent has given Bobby Fischer of the United States a three-point lead in the world chess title elimination match being played at the University of B.C.
The Soviet Union's Mark Taimanov conceded games two and three Friday afternoon, placing Fischer within 2½ points of winning the match.
Playing for the third day in a game that started Tuesday, the Soviet grandmaster failed to halt Fischer's determined attack.
Fischer, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native, had been criticized at the conclusion of the second day of play for refusing to offer a draw to the Russian, a concession the youthful American seldom makes.
Experts saw the game as a forced draw after Fischer lost the initiative of white in the Sicilian Defense.
Taimanov's resignation came on the 88th move. The game had gone nearly 9½ hours during the three days of play.
The two grandmasters were also scheduled to continue play on the third game, adjourned Thursday, but Taimanov conceded it before play resumed.
The match is scheduled for 10 games, but ends whenever a player reaches 5½ points. A win counts as one point and draws a half.
Game four is to get underway at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Tigran Petrosian of Russia and Robert Huebner of West Germany played to their sixth consecutive draw Friday in another quarter-final match.
Their seventh game is to be played at Seville, Spain, Sunday.
At Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Bent Larsen of Denmark and Wolfgang Uhlmann of West Germany drew in their fifth game. They also will play against Sunday.
Larsen has won two games and Uhlmann one with two draws. Winner of their match advances against the winner of the Fischer-Taimanov match.
The competition is being held to decide who meets world champion Boris Spassky for the title in Moscow next year.
