AThe Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Thursday, May 25, 1972 - Page 62
Tourney Broadcast
Chess addicts can rejoice. It looks as if the world championship match at Reykjavik, Iceland, between Bobby Fischer, the young American star, and Boris Spassky, the Russian champion, will be carried live — at least in re-creation — on Station WGBH-TV (Channel 2) and other stations of the Eastern Educational Network (EEN).
There will be no television in the room of the actual contest, but Channel 2 hopes to have the moves relayed as they occur and will show them on a large board, with full analysis and comment by the New England champion.
Some details remain to be determined, so broadcast dates and times cannot be announced yet. But it appears as if the contests will have to be carried in the afternoon hours here, due to the time differential.
With five hours of competition expected daily, the station plans to devote three hours live to the match, from 1 to 4, with frequent updates on the action during the children's period from 4 to 6.
The championship tourney is due to start July 2. It will last eight weeks, at the rate of three games a week.
Tourney Broadcast Thu, May 25, 1972 – 62 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com
Tourney Broadcast Thu, May 25, 1972 – 62 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com
