AThe Odessa American Odessa, Texas Friday, July 14, 1972 - Page 4
Chess Match May At End by Isaac Kashdan
The forfeit by Bobby Fischer in the second game of the world championship chess series with Boris Spassky probably signals the end of the long-awaited encounter.
The dispute regarding the ([disruptive operators]) of the television cameras was the latest in a long series of ([entirely avoidable from the Icelandic/Soviet end]) controversies that has plagued the match organizers for months.
With a two-point deficit, it is not likely that Fischer will take his seat for the third game, set to begin in Reykjavik at 5 p.m. Sunday. If he does not appear, he will most likely be disqualified by the International Chess Federation, rather than go through a forfeit procedure in each game.
If he does continue, Fischer will need 12½ points of the remaining 22 games. Spassky would retain the championship with 10 additional points.
The match almost came to a halt before it started on July 2, the originally scheduled date for the first game.
Fischer had the right, however, to bar the cameras if he felt they were disturbing his concentration.
This was asserted today by Lt. Col. Edmund B. Edmondson of Newburgh, N.Y., executive director of the U.S. Chess Federation, who had a hand in drafting the agreement.
Fischer's two attorneys in Iceland, Paul Marshall and Andrew Davis, both of New York, have been consulting with legal experts with a view of possible action in Icelandic courts.
Caption: Waiting For Fischer—Soviet chess master Boris Spassky waits silently for the arrival of Bobby Fischer as their first match was to get underway in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday. Fischer forfeited his chess game Thursday by failing to appear at the playing hall. Fischer boycotted the game because he objected to the presence of ([disruptive men operating]) movie cameras in the hall. AP Wirephoto.
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