AThe Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey Monday, June 26, 1972 - Page 3
Fred Cramer on Fischer and Lighting at Reykjavik
The long awaited chess match between the Russian world champion Boris Spassky and the American challenger, Bobby Fischer, in Reykjavik, Iceland, may be stalemated in a dispute over lighting, Fred Cramer, past president of the U.S. Chess Federation, said last night. Cramer, a consulting illumination engineer and a friend of Fischer, said a battle was brewing between Fischer and a television producer who has arranged for the right to televise the 24-game match scheduled to start July 2. Speaking to newsmen at Kennedy International Airport before boarding Icelandic Airlines Flight 508 to Reykjavik, Cramer said, “Fischer won't play under anything but fluorescent lighting — it is very important to him.”
