Portisch in chess final
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) MILAN. The Hungarian grandmaster, Lajos Portisch, made sure of a place in the final of the Milan grandmasters chess tournament when he beat Ljoubomir Ljuboievic (Yugoslavia) in their third seml-finaj game. The contest had been adjourned after five lioura, and it took the Hungarian two hours more to defeat his opponent, after a total of 66 moves. Since Portisch finished the qualifying rounds with a better score than Ljuboievic. he is certain of getting into the final even 11 he loses the fourth semifinal game, which may not now be played. His opponent is likely to be the young Russian world champion. Anatoly Karpov, who lias drawn three times against hts fellow . countryman, Tigran Petrosian, and only needs to draw again today to get through due to bls superior performance in the qualifying rounds. Portisch said lie thought his latest win was one of the best victories of his career. He noted that he and Karpov had eacli defeated the other onoe, and had drawn several times, which should make the final extremely interesting.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33942, 8 September 1975, Page 14
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