AGreen Bay Press-Gazette Green Bay, Wisconsin Monday, September 18, 1972 - Page 1
The Champ Returns
World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer arrives from Iceland at New York's Kennedy Airport Sunday. ‘It's Great To Be Back’ New York (AP) — World chess champion Bobby Fischer has returned from Iceland, stating, “it's great to be back in America.” In a rapid, running exchange with newsmen at Kennedy Airport late Sunday, Fischer was asked if he would play in the chess Olympics in Yugoslavia beginning today.
“I don't know,” he said. “I'm going to get some rest.”
The Rev. William Lombardy, the American international grandmaster who was Fischer's second in Reykjavik, met the champion at the airport. He said it was hoped that Fischer would join the U.S. team but after “he may be too tired” after the strenuous play for the world title.
