ANanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 19
Chess Challenger Still Missing
New York (Reuter) — U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer failed to show up Wednesday night for two flights that were to have taken him to Reykjavik, Iceland for his world chess championship meeting with Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
Officials of Pan American World Airways said that Fischer, 29, cancelled his reservation on their flight to Reykjavik.
A spokesman for Loftleidir, the Icelandic Airline, said that Fischer had also reserved a seat on Wednesday night's flight, demanding that no one be seated in the row in front of him or the row behind.
But he failed to show up without cancelling the reservation, the airline said.
Spassky has been in Iceland for a week, preparing for the match, which has been threatened with cancellation several times ([? threatened with cancellation within this week of June 29, 1972? No explanation is forthcoming from Reuter however]) because of demands ([? they can't even pinpoint his location, have received no comment from Fischer, yet he's making demands?]) made by Fischer.
The championship is scheduled to begin Sunday.
