AThe Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, July 19, 1971 - Page 19
Soviet Pair Draw Seventh Chess Game
Moscow (AP) — Soviet grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian played, drew their seventh consecutive game in a semi-final of the world chess challengers' tournament.
Moscow radio reported that the men agreed to the draw after 13 moves. It was the shortest match in the competition this year.
Each player now has 3½ points. The first to accumulate 5½ points is the winner. A player gets a point for a victory and half a point for a draw.
The winner probably will play Bobby Fischer of the United States in the final. Fischer leads Bent Larsen of Denmark 4-0 in their semifinal in Denver, Colorado.
The winner will meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union next spring.
