AThe Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, May 17, 1971 - Page 35
World Chess Match - Fischer Gets Jump on Russian by Paul Raugust
U.S. chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer, of Brooklyn, N.Y., played a strenuous half-hour of tennis for relaxation before his world championship quarter-final match at the University of B.C. Sunday afternoon. Apparently it was the correct prescription.
Fischer, who was about 10 minutes late in getting from the tennis match to the chess match, appeared a certain victor of the opening round Sunday night. It was adjourned on the 40th move after nearly five hours of play to 2 p.m. today.
If Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union refuses to resign, Fischer appears in a strong enough position to force fate in three or four moves when play resumes. The Russian lost all hope of forcing a draw in the late stages of the match when the two players traded queens.
Taimanov, enjoying the advantages of white in the opening game, didn't appear to be in the same league as the youthful Fischer as he failed to mount a strong attack.
Employing an orthodox version of a King's Indian defense, Fischer took advantage of an adventuresome N-KN5 by the Russian grandmaster on the 12th move to gain a one-pawn advantage, an advantage he continued to hold throughout the balance of play Sunday night.
That move, in effect, gave Fischer the initiative, space and development advantages usually enjoyed by white. Most players are satisfied to win a half-point for a draw when playing black.
In all probability Fischer will continue his pre-game tennis exercises for the remainder of this match. Scheduled for 10 rounds, it ends whenever a player reaches 5½ points. A win is worth one point, and draws ½
In other quarter-final matches over the weekend, Soviet grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi and Yefim Geller tied on the 36th move in their second game Saturday in Moscow.
Korchnoi won the first match Thursday when Geller exceeded the time limit on the 36th move. The score now stands at 1½ for Korchnoi to ½ for Geller.
Another Soviet grandmaster, Tigran Petrosian and Robert Huebner of West Germany, playing in Sevilla, Spain, tied Sunday on the 27th move in their third game. The two players also tied their other two matches and the standing now is 1½ points each.
In Las Palmas, Canary Islands, East Germany's Wolfgang Uhlmann defeated Denmark's Bent Larsen in 46 moves in their second game Sunday.
The match, adjourned after 41 moves Saturday, lasted a total of seven hours.
The two players now are tied with one point each in two games. The first match Friday was won by Larsen when Uhlmann gave up after 44 moves.
