AThe Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 18
Fischer Not On Flight
New York — Chess whiz Bobby Fischer, expected to leave Wednesday night for the world chess championships, failed to show up for either flight leaving for Iceland.
One of his advisers, already in Reykjavik to prepare for the start of the championship match Sunday against the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky, said 29-year-old Fischer would be there in time to play but refused to specify his arrival time.
ICELANDIC Airlines has two flights daily from Kennedy Airport. Pan Am has one flight a week, leaving every Wednesday night. It was understood Fischer was to be aboard the Pan Am flight but he did not arrive at the airport, according to Pan Am spokesmen.
It was understood that Fischer was in New York, staying at a hotel, and “confident” of victory in the matches.
