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Fischer Nearer The Title

The Times and Democrat Orangeburg, South Carolina Saturday, August 19, 1972 - Page 10

Fischer Nearer The Title
By Julie Flint, Associated Press Writer
Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — Bobby Fischer edged half a point nearer the world chess title he has eyed for nearly 20 years with a draw Friday in the resumed 15th game against Boris Spassky, the world champion.
The draw came less than 30 seconds after play resumed in the game that was adjourned Thursday after 40 moves. The U.S. challenger now leads the Soviet champion, 9-6, and needs only 3½ more points to take the title. As champion, Spassky needs six more points to keep his crown.
Fischer played for a draw, which is a half point, instead of the point for a win. Some experts expressed belief he might have found a way to win the match.
Spassky was in check when the game adjourned Thursday. His next move, sealed and opened Friday by referee Lothar Schmid, moved him out of check. Fischer twice more gave check.
After his 43rd move, Fischer gave Spassky his hand. The champion, though badly in need of a win to bolster his sagging chances, accepted it.
Fischer raced away, Spassky remained seated at the board, fiddling with the pieces, his eight white ones and the six black ones of Fischer.
Schmid walked across and escorted the crestfallen champion away.
Spassky, whose last win was in the the 11th game, had high hopes in the early stages of Thursday's play of crushing Fischer in the 15th.
Opening aggressively with his king's pawn, he thrust back the challenger's Sicilian Defense convincingly. But Fischer weaved a cunning web of counterplay.
Seeking a win, Spassky played recklessly, in an effort to avoid a draw.
He gobbled a pawn, and lost position. Fischer gave him check, time and again.
In Sunday's 16th game, Fischer will have the advantage of the white pieces.
Spassky told the Associated Press the crucial point of the 24-game match would come for him at the 16th game. But no world title series has seen a three-point game deficit made up in only nine games.
Chess fans who had paid 200 kroner each, about $2.25, to see the resumption of the 15th game, were doubly disappointed. They not only saw less than 30 seconds of play, but they watched Fischer choose perpetual check rather than play for a win.
Fischer appeared quit unruffled by the news that filmmaker Chest Fox had filed a $1.75 million suit against him in New York, charging Fischer broke a contract when he refused to permit filming of the match. Fischer had complained the cameras bothered him.
“He didn't show even mild concern,” said Fred Cramer, an aide, after Fischer heard about the suit.
Cramer promised the Americans intend to continue their battle for improved playing conditions in the auditorium.
Both the sponsoring Icelandic Chess Federation and Schmid have ruled the U.S. objections are unreasonable.
Fischer's latest complaint was that the crowd distracted him with noise. Schmid said the noise factor was zero.
Cramer said the president of the International Chess Federation, Dr. Max Euwe, had “read the riot act” to Schmid and “chewed him out completely” for not acting on the U.S. demands.
Schmid replied that this was “quite incorrect.” He said Euwe had informed him that Cramer had protested but he had passed no judgment.
“If Cramer writes another letter,” Schmid said, “I will read it carefully again. If necessary we will answer. If not necessary, we will not answer.
“The trouble is my English is not quite good enough for rude words. I must have these letters translated first. That we acted on Cramer's last letter was just to be kind.”
The Iceland sponsors Thursday rejected all Fischer's main demands, ruling that no seats would be removed from the auditorium and that the noise level was “surprisingly low.”
However, the federation said 10 policemen would be available to patrol the hall, guarding against noisy children and noisy candy wrappers.

Fischer Nearer The Title

'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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