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1972 August 04

The Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana, Friday, August 04, 1972 - Page 4

Fischer Predicted to Win 10th Chess Match
By Julie Flint, Associated Press Writer
Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — The experts predicted that Bobby Fischer would win the 10th game of the world chess championship today, giving him a commanding 6½-3½ lead over Boris Spassky.
Grandmasters Bent Larsen of Denmark and Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia agreed that the American challenger appeared certain to gain a three-point edge when play resumes in the game.
“Spassky is massacred,” said Gligoric. “It is unbelievable that the world champion cannot even manage a draw.”
“If Spassky loses this game, the match becomes a farce,” said British Grandmaster David Levy.
Play was adjourned Thursday night after the 40th move, and Fischer handed his sealed 41st move to referee Lothar Schmid.
With a win counting one point and a draw half a point, Fischer needs 12½ points to capture the championship and Spassky must get 12 to keep it.
Fischer was playing the white pieces Thursday, giving him the first move. It was pawn to king four, an opening he used only once in the three previous times he played the white pieces. Then he went into the Ruy Lopez pattern, but Spassky broke out of it with an exchange of pieces that left the board open for attacks.
Grandmaster Isaac Kashdan, analyzing the matches fro the Associated Press, said Fischer after the 40th move “had the material advantage with two rooks against a rook and a bishop. Spassky had the edge in pawns, four against three., but this did not quite make up for the deficit.”
Twice Spassky appeared trapped by Fischer's aggressive play, but both times he wriggled out.
When the American's queen threatened Spassky's kingside bishop pawn and then checked, the champion used his bishop to force one of Fischer's rooks to protect his forward pawns, isolated from the mate strike.
Spassky escaped again after one of Fischer's rooks grabbed his bishop and another put him in check.
Shortly before the adjournment, Larsen said the Russian had chances for a draw. But these chances disappeared when Fischer advanced his king and edged his pair of rooks to bear on Spassky's king. This matched a strong pair of rooks against the Russian's rook and bishop.

Fischer Predicted to Win 10th Chess Match

The Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana, Friday, August 04, 1972 - Page 4

American Chess champion Bobby Fischer (left) and defending world champion Boris Spassky (right) of the Soviet Union arrive at the sports hall in Reykjavik Thursday for the tenth game of their world championship match. The two agreed to adjourn the game after 40 moves. Fischer sealed his 41st move and the game will be resumed today. (UPI Telephoto)

American Chess Champion Bobby Fischer and Defending World Champion Boris Spassky

The Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana, Friday, August 04, 1972 - Page 4

Spassky vs. Fischer 10th Match
Chart shows the position of the pieces after the tenth game of the world chess championship between defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and American challenger Bobby Fischer was adjourned following 40 moves Thursday. Fischer sealed his 41st move and the game will be resumed today. (UPI Telephoto).

Spassky vs. Fischer 10th Match

The Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana, Friday, August 04, 1972 - Page 4

Play-by-Play
Reykjavik (UPI)— The moves in the 10th game of the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess championship:

Play-by-Play

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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