AThe York Dispatch York, Pennsylvania Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 1
Fischer Quiet: Chess Match Begins With No Word of Protest
Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky sit down at the chess board again today. But this time it is different—Fischer isn't threatening to walk out.
The fifth game of the 24-game world chess championship match began this afternoon, with titleholder Spassky, a 35-year-old Russian, playing white—which means he makes the first move.
Fischer, 29, has protested every previous game, mostly because of ([disruptive men operating]) television cameras in the playing hall. He even failed to turn up for the second game, forfeiting it to Spassky. ([Colonel Edmondson {of the US Chess Federation} said that under the rules of a world championship tournament, Fischer had a right to demand the removal of the {disruptive men operating the cameras} and to refuse to play if they were not removed! - New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, July 20, 1972.])
