AThe Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Wednesday, July 12, 1972 Page 8
Quiet In Russia
Moscow (AP)—Moscow's Central Chess Club, usually buzzing with kibitzers for big chess matches, was quiet Thursday night as the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky began defense of his world title against America's Bobby Fischer.
No arrangements had been made to get a move-by-move report on the match in far-off Reykjavik, Iceland. Soviet grandmasters, masters and millions of ordinary chess fans were waiting until today for an account of the play.
For the all-Soviet championships of the past, the club on tree-lined Gogloevsky Boulevard has been a lively center of commentary and attention to the match in progress. As each move was made at the championship it was relayed to the club for the benefit of members and fans waiting there.
Although Western news agencies were carrying reports of the play, the Soviet news agency Tass ran no listing of the move-by-move action during the first three hours of play. By 11 p.m. the final television news commentator read a list of the first 20 or so moves.
Quiet In Russia 12 Jul 1972, Wed The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington) Newspapers.com
