APacific Daily News Agana Heights, Guam Friday, July 16, 1971 - Page 37
World Chess - Only Needs A Win And a Draw
Denver, Colorado (UPI)—United States chess ace Robert “Bobby” Fischer, attacking aggressively the moment he sees a weakness in his opponent, led 4-0 today in a 10-game match against Bent Larsen of Denmark.
Fischer had a somewhat backward position Tuesday in the fourth game with Larsen, typical of the King's Indian Defense which he adopted with the black pieces.
Larsen advanced on the queen side, dominating the area with a rook on the sixth rank. His plan was to penetrate behind Fischer's pawns and try to win one or more of them.
Rather than defend, Fischer chose instead to counterplay on the king's side. His play seemed slow, but his goal was a major one-a direct attack on Larsen's king.
Larsen was first to weaken when he he visualized danger and retreated a knight on the 24th move. This put the piece in a weak position for the moment.
Fischer struck immediately and advanced a king side pawn with a threat to attack the knight. From that point, Fischer swiftly moved his pieces toward the king side, his threat becoming stronger with each move.
Larsen, deeply involved on the other side of the board, could not react quickly enough and Fischer forced a break in the pawns guarding Larsen's king, setting the stage for the finish.
The final blow came when Fischer's knight attacked Larsen's queen and rook and threatened the king. Larsen conceded defeat on the 33rd move.
Greater accuracy had been the secret of Fischer's success. Larsen had made several errors, Fischer none of significance.
In the first game, Larsen captured a pawn which allowed Fischer to dominate the board. In the second game, an error made when Larsen was short of time was enough for the loss.
The third game was worse.
Larsen played badly on his 11th move, saying later he had confused two opening systems. Fischer allowed him no chance to recover.
Paul Klein of Ecuador, arbiter of the match, said a fifth game between Larsen and Fischer could be played Sunday or Tuesday. It had been set for 4 p.m. (2200GMT) Thursday.
