ANew York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 30
U.S. Chess Unit Presses Challenge on Forfeit
The forfeit point awarded to Boris Spassky in the second game of the world championship chess match between Spassky and Bobby Fischer is still being challenged.
Col. Edmund Edmondson, executive director of the United States Chess Federation, said yesterday that a reversal of the forfeit would be sought at the World Chess Federation convention in October.
The game was forfeited to Spassky when Fischer did not show up because he wanted all ([disruptive men hired to disruptively operate]) television cameras removed from the arena. Fischer said he would not go on with the match unless the forfeit was wiped off the books, but he has changed his mind. ([Not exactly changed his mind. The match was moved to an external room that contained automated closed-circuit cameras which Fischer never had objections to, and further, the aforementioned resolution was promised by the President of the USCF, Dubeck, to challenge the forfeit, if in the event that single point could adversely determine the outcome of the match.])
Colonel Edmondson said that under the rules of a world championship tournament, Fischer had a right to demand the removal of the cameras and to refuse to play if they were not removed.
