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The Argus Fremont, California Sunday, September 19, 1971 - Page 29
Chess Sun, Sep 19, 1971 – Page 29 · The Argus (Fremont, California) · Newspapers.com
Chess: Fischer-Petrosian Match Set
The World Chess Federation ended a two-week congress in Vancouver, B.C. by designating Buenos Aires, Argentina as the site for the final match of the current candidates' series. The 12-game contest between America's Robert Fischer and former world champion Tigran Petrosian starts Sept. 30, with the winner advancing against the present title-holder Boris Spassky in 1972.
FIDE president Max Euwe announced sweeping changes in the selection of future challengers for the world championship. Beginning with the 1972-75 candidates' series, a “no draw” rule will be in effect, which means that only wins will count toward a player's score. As a consequence, no maximum has been set on the number of games in each match.
THE FIRST PLAYER TO win three games will gain the victory in the quarter-finals, four wins will be required in the semi-finals and five wins will be needed in the finals. The world championship match in 1975 will be decided by the first player to score six wins.
Two interzonal tournaments, instead of one, will be held in 1973, allowing for automatic seeding of eight top-ranked grandmasters. A special committee of the FIDE has been created to determine which eight players will be chosen.
Also seated will be the six defeated quarter-and-semifinals from the previous candidates' series plus the reigning world junior champion.
Three winners from each interzonal competition will then join the two seeded players from the world championship finals, as before, for a series of matches under the “no draw” rule to produce a challenger for the champion.
