AThe Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, May 28, 1971 - Page 35
World Chess Match - Taimanov Rallies in the Fifth Round by Paul Raugust
Mark Taimanov of the U.S.S.R. and Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, N.Y., adjourned the fifth round in their world chess championship elimination match here Thursday night.
Adjournment came on the 41st move after the five-hour time limit expired. The two grandmasters have yet to complete a game on the day it started.
Taimanov, who has lost four games straight to Fischer, played his strongest game of the series with a Gruenfeld Opening, maintaining the initiative of white throughout the game. But at adjournment, the game appeared headed for a draw.
Fischer was holding a one-pawn advantage, but it didn't seem likely that he would be able to hold the advantage for long.
Taimanov held a positional edge throughout, and, although it appeared at one stage that Fischer might trap white's queen, the Soviet grandmaster deftly evaded the tactic.
In the late stages of the game, Fischer appeared indecisive as he jockeyed his king from K1 to B1. In effect this was a wasted move and it allowed Taimanov to strengthen his hand.
The game is to be resumed this afternoon, because of a religious holiday, Fischer has asked that game six be postponed until Tuesday.
The Vancouver match and three others being played around the world will decide a challenger for world champion Boris Spassky of Russia. The title match is to be played in Moscow next year.
In the only other game played Thursday, grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann of East Germany defeated Bent Larsen of Denmark in their eighth game in Las Palmas, Canary Islands.
The win gave the East German 4½ points to Larsen's 3½. The ninth game is to be played Sunday.
