AThe Observer London, Greater London, England Sunday, July 09, 1972 - Page 40
Masterstroke
Our chess correspondent, Harry Golombek, who has taken over from Dr. Max Euwe the frightful responsibility in Reykjavik for solving any future problems likely to prevent Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer actually getting to the chess board, was telling us about the status of chess correspondents abroad.
They may not count for much in this country but they get treated like VIPs once they leave it, particularly in Eastern Europe, where there is a proper respect for the rites. Golombek, a modest and disarming man who usually travels about burdened by one of those huge leather brief cases that nobody else has used since the early 1960s, said he is invariably received abroad with formidable protocol and gets privileges usually reserved for a diplomat of the highest rank. In Reykjavik he may have to prove he is one.
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Masterstroke 09 Jul 1972, Sun The Observer (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
