CHESS RESULTS : Lengthy Game 6 Ends in a Draw for Fischer, Spassky

The sixth game of the “revenge match of the century� between former world chess champions Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky ended Thursday in a draw after 61 moves and more than seven hours of play in Sveti Stefan, Yugoslavia. Spassky leads the match 2-1, with three draws.

Playing white, Spassky opened with Queen’s Gambit, which Fischer accepted. Weak play after the opening cost Fischer a pawn at move 18. Spassky remained a pawn ahead for the rest of the game but missed the best path of play and let Fischer escape with a draw.

The seventh game is scheduled for Saturday. The match will continue until one player wins 10 games.

Following are the moves of Thursday’s game.

Spassky-Fischer 6: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 e6

5 Bxc4 c5 6 0-0 a6 7 dxc5 Qxd1 8 Rxd1 Bxc5 9 b3 Nbd7

10 Bb2 b5 11 Be2 Bb7 12 Nbd2 Ke7 13 a4 bxa4 14 Rxa4 Rhb8

15 Rc1 Bd5 16 Ne5 Bd6 17 Nxd7 Nxd7 18 Rxa6 Rxa6

19 Bxa6 f6 20 Bc4 Bxc4 21 Rxc4 Nc5 22 Rc3 f5 23 Ba3 Ne4

24 Rc7+ Kd8 25 Bxd6 Nxd2 26 Rxg7 Rxb3 27 h4 h5

28 Bf4 Ke8 29 Kh2 Rb2 30 Kh3 Ne4 31 f3 Nf2+ 32 Kg3 Nd3

33 Bg5 e5 34 Kh3 Nf2+ 35 Kh2 Nd3 36 Bh6 Ne1 37 Kg1 Nd3

38 Bg5 Rb1+ 39 Kh2 Rb2 40 Re7+ Kf8 41 Re6 Kg7 42 Kh3 Re2

43 Rd6 Ne1 44 Bf6+ Kg8 45 Bxe5 Rxe3 46 Bf4 Re2

47 Rg6+ Kf7 48 Rg5 Ke6 49 Bc7 Ra2 50 Bb6 Nd3

51 Kh2 Ne1 52 Kh3 Nd3 53 Bc7 Rc2 54 Bb6 Ra2 55 Kg3 Ne1

56 Rxh5 Rxg2+ 57 Kf4 Nd3+ 58 Ke3 Ne5 59 Rh6+ Kd5

60 Bc7 Rg7 61 Bxe5 Kxe5, Drawn.