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Star-Phoenix Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Saturday, October 23, 1971 - Page 25
Chess Sat, Oct 23, 1971 – 25 · Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) · Newspapers.comChess by Harry Mather
Fischer Leads Petrosian After seven games in a 12-game world match, Fischer leads Petrosian by a 4½ to 2½ point score. With only five games remaining, Petrosian will certainly be hard pressed to equalize against a player of Fischer's calibre, but of course the match is not won (or lost) yet. Of the remaining five games Petrosian will have the white pieces three times against Fischer's two. Regardless of the final outcome Petrosian has certainly put up a firm defense against his opponent and has broken Fischer's long winning streak.
Prior to meeting Petrosian, Fischer won 20 games without giving up even a draw, but so far in the present match he has given up one loss and three draws.