ANanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Wednesday, May 19, 1971 - Page 19
U.S. Player Holds Lead In World Chess Title Play
Vancouver (CP) — Second game of the world chess championship quarter-final match between grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the U.S. and Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union was adjourned Tuesday night on the 45th move.
Fischer, playing white, was a pawn ahead and in a position where he normally would force a win. The game will be continued today.
Taimanov chose an unusual variation of the Sicilian defense against Fischer's king pawn opening and the game began with a flurry of moves. Both queens were off the board by the 10th move, and white was a pawn down.
Taimanov then seemed to lose his way, however, and spent 47 minutes on his 13th move. With Black's king uncastled, Fischer had a strong attacking position for his pawn deficit.
But Taimanov, playing under time pressure, defended stoutly and returned a pawn to Fischer in a bid to reach a drawish ending. He made his 40th move with just seconds remaining on his clock (each player must make the first 40 moves in 2½ hours).
En route, however, he blundered on the 38th move with his rook, allowing Fischer to capture a pawn on the seventh rank. The pawn, under attack by Fischer earlier in the game, had developed into a strong passed pawn which forced white to break off his attack.
Fischer leads the 10-game match, 1-0. Winner will advance in the challengers' round, with the survivor to meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the title in 1972.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands (AP) — Grandmasters Bent Larsen of Denmark and Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany tied on the 44th move for the third adjourned game of the World Chess Championship quarter-finals Tuesday after half an hour of play.
The match was adjourned Monday in the 41st move.
The fourth game of 10 will be played today.
Each has won one match, lost one and tied one for 1.5 points.
