AThe Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, August 21, 1971 - Page 41
Tiger vs. Boa-constrictor
Bobby Fischer, USA, who will meet former world champion, Tigran Petrosian, USSR in the final of the K.O. Match tourney, does not teach his opponent but always goes for the jugular. Petrosian is just the opposite in method. With endless patience in slow maneuvering, he waits for one false move that will allow him to put a bind on his opponent and then slowly squeeze him to death.
In his matches with Hubner and Korchnoi he won only one game in each, the others being drawn and no defeats, a sufficient margin for the purpose. By contrast, Fischer was spectacular in downing both Taimanov and Larsen by 6-0 scores. The coming clash (best of 12 games) will start in the middle of September, probably in Yugoslavia, and their contrasting styles should make an interesting contest, for which the chess world is patiently waiting.
Fischer has had little experience of match play and no one knows how he would react if he got behind in the score early in a comparatively short match. He has always objected to this set-up and hitherto refused to take part, insisting that a set number of wins only should decide. The winner this time will meet world champion Boris Spassky, USSR, in a best of 24 games title match next spring.
… Fischer's superior instinct in gaining the upper-hand in a complicated situation is very marked.
