Another draw in chess

Press, 22 September 1978, Page 24

Another draw in chess

By VERNON SMALL Viktor Korchnoi, the challenger, took only four moves to convince himself that the twenty-fourth game of the world chess championship being played at Baguio in the Philippines was a draw. Anatoly Karpov, the reigning champion, leads, 4-2, in the race for the six wins that will decide the championship.

By drawing the twentyfourth game, the contestants -urpassed the previous record for world championship matches since they came under the control of the World Chess Federation (F.1.D.E.) in 1951. The only match containing a similar number of draws was the clash between , the successful defender

Tigran Petrosian (U.S.S.R.) and Boris Spassky (U.S.S.R.) in 1966. Spassky was successful in 1969, however, and held the title until his defeat by Bobby Fischer in 1972. GAME 24 Adjournment White Black (Karpov) (Korchnoi) Moves 1-41 were in yesterday’s issue of “The Press.” (42) N—B4 N—B3 (43) R—Bs K—Q5 (44) N—N6ch K—B2 (45) N—BB KXN The knight exchange leaves a theoretically drawn R and Pending. Korchnoi had little choice though, since Karpov threatened N—R7 or N—K7 swapping the knight by force.