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Bobby Beats Boris

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Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 2

Bobby Beats Boris
Reykjavik, Iceland—It was the greatest triumph in his career, yet Bobby Fischer missed the moment by arriving late.
Ten minutes before the 29-year-old American challenger rushed into the exhibition hall, titleholder Boris Spassky resigned, giving Fischer his first win in the drive to take the world chess championship. His win the third game in the 24-match world championship cut Spassky's lead to 2-1.

THE FOURTH GAME is scheduled to start a 1 p.m. today with Fischer playing white, thus giving him the first move.
The end of third game — begun Sunday and adjourned until Monday — was swift. German referee Lothar Schmid and Spassky were alone on the stage with no sign of the American when the clock passed 5 p.m.
Schmid opened a large, brown envelope, read the move Fischer had written down Sunday night when the game adjourned and moved Fischer's bishop.

THE CROWD HELD its breath and waited for the 35-year-old Spassky to sit down. For 30 seconds the Russian stood by the board and looked at the pieces. Then he calmly stopped the clock to his right. He tipped over his king indicating he resigned, nodded curtly to Schmid and left.
The hall was almost empty and Schmid ready to leave when Fischer rushed in. He looked around but could not find Spassky.
“What happened? Has he resigned?” Fischer asked, Schmid nodded and in one swift movement Fischer grabbed his pencil and signed the game sheet.

“IS THAT ALL?” he asked. Not a flicker of emotion showed on his face although he had scored his first victory against Spassky.
Spassky's decision to resign on the 42nd move came as no surprise for the large gathering of grand and international masters in the hall. Fischer had the advantage of a pawn and a stronger attacking position.
With his protégé back in the presidential suite, the Rev. William Lombardy, Fischer's second, told newsmen, “This could be the turning point.

“DON'T FORGET Bobby came through a lot of trouble. After four defeats and two draws against Spassky (including previous non-championship games) he has finally broken the ice with more to come. I think it was one of Bobby's best and most important wins.”
Fischer resigned the first game on the 56th move and lost the second game last Thursday by forfeit when he failed to show up in protest against the presence in the hall of ([disruptive men, creating both visual and audible distractions, operating]) television cameras.

MONDAY IT WAS the Russian champ's turn to lodge a protest against playing conditions. Spassky had agreed to play the third match Sunday in a secluded table tennis room on the first floor of the hall, but protested against outside noise.
At an emergency meeting Monday morning Schmid ruled the match should return to the main hall.
“Mr. Spassky said he could hear children playing and traffic noise below. He did not like the lighting and also objected to the board. Comparing conditions there was no doubt in my mind that the smaller room was vastly inferior to the hall,” Schmid said.

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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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