AHonolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu, Hawaii Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 6
Fischer Wins, Evens Series With Spassky
Reykjavik (UPI) — U.S. grand master Bobby Fischer tonight forced world champion Boris Spassky to resign on his 28th move and won the fifth game of the world chess championship.
Fischer's surprise victory in what had been an even game through 22 moves evened the score in the 24-game, $250,000 world championship at 2½ games each.
Fischer played his 27th move, a bishop to his queen rook five, and Spassky looked intently at the table for a full minute. Then the Russian looked up at Fischer and held out his hand.
The crowd packed in the grand hall went wild, stomping their feet, clapping hands and yelling “Bobby, Bobby.”
Chess enthusiasts in the cafeteria, where they had been munching hot dogs and drinking soda pop and watching the game on closed circuit television, broke into wild cheering and hurled plates and saucers and glasses into the air.
Spassky's second, Svetozar Gligoric, said the turning point in what had been an evenly-fought match came after the 25th move when Spassky erred in choosing the wrong plan and doubled his rooks on the king bishop rank.
“Fischer already then had a favorable position and one he is expert at playing,” Gligoric said. “Both Spassky's bishops were locked and he was in trouble.”
