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Chess Sat, Jun 12, 1971 – Page 17 · The Ottawa Journal (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.com
Chess by D.M. Le Dain Saturday, June 12, 1971 The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Problem by G. Mott-Smith....
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, June 14, 2020
Problem by G. Mott-Smith. White mates in two moves.
FEN 2K5/8/7B/1Q6/2p5/k2bR3/5r2/1B6 w - - 0 1
The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, June 12, 1971 - Page 17 — Survivors Advance — In the Challengers Knockout Match Tourney of the world series, Bobby Fischer, USA, has defeated Mark Taimanov, USSR, 6-0, to clinch the 10-game series at Vancouver, and will now meet Bent Larsen, Denmark, who won over Wolfgang Uhlmann, East Germany, 5½-3½, at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.
Viktor Korchnoi, USSR finally pulled away from Ewfim Geller, USSR, in the closing rounds of their match at Sochi, Crimea, to score handily, 5½-2½. He has a tough match ahead with former world champion, Tigran Petrosian, USSR, who won from Robert Huebner, West Germany, 4½-3½, at Seville, when the latter retired due to illness. Winners will be the official challenger for a match with world champion Boris Spassky, USSR, in 1972.
