Karpov in lead
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21 A. Karpov, Russia’s new. I young hope to win the] . world chess championship, ■moved two points ahead of I his fellow Russian grandj master, L. Polugayevsky, in (their quarte r-final I candidates’ challenge match I in Moscow. J Playing white, Karpov, I '(aged 22, set a trap for his! (opponent on the seventeenth! (move of their sixth game.} Polugayevsky deliberated for.' 61 minutes before making (his reply, but was unable to. prevent Karpov from weav-j ling a mating net within the (next 23 moves. I Commentators said Kar-i I pov was now likely to move| into the semi-finals against! the former world champion. - B. Spassky (Russia) in the ( s series to find a challenger to ’ play the world champion, R. ? K. Fischer. i
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33448, 1 February 1974, Page 18
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