In March of 1970, chess happenings on the world stage intruded into Northern California. Bobby Fischer emerged from his semi-retirement to play second board in the USSR vs Rest of the World match against former World Champion, Tigran Petrosian. He won by a score of 3-1. The articles which appeared in local papers only engendered excitement with the chess players; but didn't draw public attention...yet. Former chessplayers started rejoining their local clubs; CCCA membership and magazine circulation started to grow. When Fischer won the Interzonal by a score of 18.5-4.5 in December of 1970 the general public began to take notice; some trickled into the Northern California chess scene. Fischer's first Candidates match with super Grandmaster Mark Taimanov started out with newspaper coverage on the back page on May 16, 1971 and ended up on the front page after Fischer's 6-0 shutout on June 2, 1971; chessplayers were astounded and the public was intrigued. Like all periodicals, Chess Voice, was dated several months ahead of when it actually came out. Thus the August-September 1971 issue had the news about the Fischer-Taimanov shutout as well as tournament flyers for the California State Chess Federation's 22nd Annual California Open on September 4-6 and CCCA's First Annual USCF Regional Class on September 11-12. Bobby's second Candidates match with super Grandmaster Bent Larsen ended again with a 6-0 shutout on July 20. 1971. Chessplayers and non-chessplaye...