AThe Sacramento Bee Sacramento, California Thursday, October 21, 1971 - Page 23
World Title Chess Playoff Is Postponed Until Sunday
Buenos Aires (UPI)— The eighth game of the Candidate's World Championship chess playoff between America's Bobby Fischer and Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union, scheduled for today, was postponed until Sunday because Petrosian was suffering from a stomach ache.
Fischer holds a solid two-point lead in the 12-game tournament, with the winner to meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union next spring.
Dr. Cecilio Skliar, official physician of the tournament said Petrosian “needed some rest.” He said the Russian was suffering from “stomach pains.”
Fischer, a 28-year-old New Yorker, has won three games, while Petrosian has won one. The other three have been tied.
