AThe Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Thursday, October 14, 1971 - Page 9
Score Tied In Fifth
Buenos Aires (AP) — Pressure mounts Thursday night for 28-year-old American Bobby Fischer and 43-year-old Russian Tigran Petrosian as they start their fifth chess match in a 12-game series.
The winner of the first six and a half point will play World Champion Boris Spassky next spring in the Soviet Union. It is the first time an American has moved so close to the world title.
The score is 2-2, with Fischer winning the first game, Petrosian the second and the last two being drawn. A 20-game draw Tuesday night did not gain favor with the packed audience but was called technically correct by analysts.
Fischer, normally aggressive, had the black pieces and elected to play conservatively, apparently saving himself for the white side Thursday night.
