Russians lead in chess
Russian grand masterswere in the lead on Monday' in all four quarter-finaL matches of the world chesseliminations to pick a challenger to Bobby Fischer. T. Petrosian, of the Soviet Union, scored his first victory over L. Portisch, of Hungary, in Majorca. The American. R. Byrpe, and the former Soviet world champion, B. Spassky, wflj play their sixth game in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Spassky needing only one more win to advance to the semi-finals; In Augusta. Georgia, chess experts said the Brazilian, H, Mecking, stood a good chance to win his first game against Russia’s V. Korchnoi, wh>» holds a 1-0 lead in the match:
In Moscow, the sixth game between the Soviet grand masters, A. Karpov and L. Polugaevsky, was postponed. Karpov leads 1-0 after the fourth game.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33446, 30 January 1974, Page 18
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