AThe Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, July 13, 1971 - Page 19
World Chess - Fischer Wins Third Game; Soviets Tie Fourth Round
(AP) Denver — Bobby Fischer of the United States took a 3-0 lead over Bent Larsen of Denmark by winning the third game of their world challengers' semi-final chess match here Sunday night.
Larsen, using the Sicilian Defense, had a backwards position early. He allowed one of his pawns to be exposed and Fischer won it by clever tactics.
Larsen's attempts at counterplay got nowhere. Fischer played to simplify the game to utilize his material advantage. He forced several exchanges of pieces.
When a rook ending developed, Fischer was able to establish a strong passed pawn which could not be stopped. Larsen resigned on the 41st move.
Fischer needs a total of 5½ points and is in sight of his goal. Larsen must win five of the seven games remaining on the schedule in order to tie.
The winner of the Fischer-Larsen match goes against the winner of the other semi-final between Soviet grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian in Moscow. The ultimate victor will challenge Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the world championship.
Korchnoi and Petrosian are tied with two points each in their match as the two grand masters played to their fourth draw Sunday in a game that had been adjourned from Saturday.
