ANew York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 29
In Striving for Poise, Spassky Tries Tennis
Reykjavik, Iceland, July 21—Boris Spassky the world chess champion, was playing tennis today, apparently trying to regain his poise after last night's resounding defeat in the fifth match game against the challenger, Bobby Fischer of the United States. The score is now even at 2½ to 2½.
Rumors that Spassky had asked for a postponement of the sixth round scheduled for Sunday have proved unfounded. It was confirmed today by the German grandmaster Lothar Schmid, the chief arbiter, that the game would be played as scheduled beginning at 5 p.M. (1 p.m. EDT).
Title-match players can ask for postponement for health reasons on three occasions during a match. So far neither player has made use of this rule.
