ANew York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, June 01, 1971 - Page 40
Two More Advance To Chess Semifinals
Two more berths were filled yesterday in the semifinals of the competition to determine a challenger for the world chess title now held by Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The Associated Press reported that Viktor Korchnoi of the Soviet Union had defeated a country man, Yefim Geller, in their quarter-final match in Moscow, and Bent Larsen of Denmark had eliminated Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany in the Canary Islands.
Earlier, Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union, a former world champion, had advanced to the semifinals by defeating Robert Huebner of West Germany in Seville. Only the match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union remains to be completed in the quarter-finals. Fischer has a 5-0 head in the 10-game match being played in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Korchnoi defeated Geller on the 38th move of their eighth game for a 5½-2½ score. Larsen won when Uhlmann conceded on the 64th move of their ninth game, the Dane lifting his margin to 5½-3½.
In the semifinals, Korchnoi will face Petrosian, and Larsen will oppose the winner of the Fischer-Taimanov match. The survivors will play for the right to meet Spassky.
