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WNET Plans to Simulate Plays In Fischer's Bid for Chess Title

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New York Times, New York, New York May 15, 1972 - Page 71

WNET Plans to Simulate Plays In Fischer's Bid for Chess Title by George Gent
Channel 13 is planning to carry a simulated play-by-play telecast of the world chess championship between Bobby Fischer of the United States and the present champion, Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
The 24-game series, set to open July 2 in Reykjavik, Iceland, will be carried by WNET/13 here and offered nationally to the Public Broadcasting Service, provided the station can raise sufficient funds for the costly transmission from Reykjavik.
Frank Leicht, vice president of program administration for Channel 13, confirmed yesterday that he had been working with Michael Chase, director of operations for the New York State public TV network of the State University of New York, to set up the broadcasts.

Talking With Wire Services
The main problem, Mr. Leicht said, is the cost of transmission. “To keep a telephone line open for the maximum five hours of each match runs about $1,000 a day,” he said. As a result, the station is negotiating with The Associated Press and other wire services and is considering transmission by amateur HAM radio.
Channel 13 is negotiating with at least one major corporation to get funding for the telecasts. Mr. Leicht said the bill could run anywhere from $6,000 to $50,000, “depending on the means of transmission.”
The games are scheduled to begin each day at 5 P.M. in Reykjavik, or noon New York time. During the summer months, Channel 13 has no programming until 4 P.M., when “Sesame Street” begins the broadcast day. Consequently, plans call for the station to televise the moves on a demonstration chess board from noon to 4 P.M. Conceivably, a game could be over by then, but if it is not, the station would update the moves on the board at the station break at approximately 5 P.M.
Mr. Chase explained that the chess moves by the two grandmasters will be transmitted to the state network's studios in Albany by one or more American grandmasters in Reykjavik and from Albany to Channel 13.
Negotiations are still going on with several grandmasters. In New York, Shelby Lyman, a former champion of New England and of the Marshall Chess Club here, will transmit the moves onto the demonstration board and provide analysis of each move.
Under international chess regulations, the contestants in the first session are each permitted 2½ hours to make 40 moves, which would total 5 hours. Thereafter they each have one hour to make 16 moves until the game is completed. Mr. Spassky, as the current champion, needs only 12 points to win, while Mr. Fischer requires 12½. One point is awarded for a win and one-half point for a draw.

WNET Plans to Simulate Plays In Fischer's Bid for Chess Title
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'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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