AFort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Thursday, September 23, 1971 - Page 8
Soviet 'Sure' Of Chess Win
(AP) Buenos Aires — Soviet grand master Tigran Petrosian predicted yesterday he would defeat American Bobby Fischer and go on to play Boris Spassky in an all-Soviet world chess championship.
Petrosian, arriving here by plane with his wife and two Soviet chess experts, called Fischer “a great player” but said, “I know what has to be done without worrying about who is your opponent.”
The two begin a 12-game series Sept. 30 in a 1,000-seat auditorium of the General San Martin Theater.
Petrosyan was asked about Fischer's aggressive style of play and quipped, “As we say in Russia, he who plays aggressively wins an enemy.” In the event Fischer should win, Petrosian said, he “could be a good challenge to Boris Spassky.”
With the Russian chess player were colleagues Alexis Suetin and Jury Averbach. Fischer is expected here tomorrow.
