AThe Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, May 18, 1971 - Page 8
World Chess - Fischer Has Edge In Match
U.S. grandmaster Bobby Fischer has both the lead and the white pieces today for the second game of the world chess championship quarter-final match here.
Fischer took a 1-0 lead Monday in the 10-game match with Russian grandmaster Mark Taimanov when Taimanov resigned their adjourned Sunday game without further play.
Winner of the match will advance in the challengers' round for the right to meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the title.
Fischer's vital opening game victory came as a result of his King's Indian defense as black against Taimanov's queen pawn opening. When the game was adjourned, Taimanov was in a lost position.
Today's game was to start at 4 p.m. in the Student Union Building movie theater at the University of B.C.
Meanwhile, young Robert Huebner of West Germany continues to hold his own against former world champion Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union in their quarter-final match in Seville, Spain.
Huebner, 24, holds only international master rank, but drew Monday for the fourth time with Petrosian. Both have a 2-2 score.
In other action, Russian grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Yefim Geller drew in the third game of their match in Moscow, Korchnoi leads 2-1.
At Las Palmas, Canary Islands, the third game was adjourned between grandmasters Bent Larsen of Denmark and Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany. That match is tied at 1-1.
