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June 1972

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June 01, 1972

Robert J. Fischer, June 30, 1972

“Portrait of Bobby Fischer during photo shoot outdoors. Jerry Cooke, June 30, 1972”—Gettys Images

  • Chronological Permanent Link Rocky Mount Telegram Rocky Mount, North Carolina Thursday, June 01, 1972 - Page 15 — Teen-Age Chess Expert Advises Teaching The Game To Children — “‘I learned at that age and Bobby Fischer did and so did most of the other players I have come in contact with,’ he continues. ‘In the United States it may seem early Read More

  • The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Thursday, June 01, 1972 - Page 14 — Television Cameras at Fischer-Spassky — [Uncertain where the paper got its information.]

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, June 01, 1972 - Page 40 — Chess: Renewed Study of Openings Is Leading to New Lines by Al Horowitz — The systematic study of the openings has recently experienced a real boom, and such analysis has become more and more a part of the routine of every serious chess player. Read More

June 02, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Friday, June 02, 1972 - Page 24 — Rights to Televise Broadcast of Fischer-Spassky Match — ABC talked with Bobby Fischer about televising his coming chess match with a Russian but failed to get a guarantee of the kind of cooperation networks expect in return for rich TV Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Friday, June 02, 1972 - Page 26 — World Checkers Championship —GEORGE ORT, my Netherlands correspondent who misses little on the overseas airwaves, informs that a Dutchman, name of Tom Sybrant has just won the world checkers championship in Hengelo, Holland, at Read More

  • The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, June 02, 1972 - Page 92 — Storm Surrounds Arrabal's Plays — …But we never talk about art or the theatre. Once in a while about technique, yes. But we talk mainly about chess. About Bobby Fischer. When I was in jail in Spain, Beckett came to my aid. And so did Arthur Miller, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Capital Times Madison, Wisconsin Friday, June 02, 1972 - Page 47 — State Chess Champ Says Game Is Another World by Whitney Gould — … Contrary to the popular stereotype the chess player is not necessarily a neurotic with an intellect as freakishly over-developed as the Charles Atlas muscle man's physique, Read More

June 04, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 04, 1972 - Page 55 — Goodrich, O.J. Among Dewar Net Entrants — “Other players in the round-robin doubles competition will include Merlin Olsen, Rams; Mike Garrett and Deacon Jones, San Diego Chargers; Gene Washington, San Francisco 49ers; Elgin Read More

June 05, 1972

AP Wirephoto June 05, 1972. The Missoulian Missoula, Montana Tuesday, June 06, 1972 Chess Champ? Bobby Fischer, American...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, October 4, 2019
  • Chronological Permanent Link The Austin American, Austin, Texas, Monday, June 05, 1972 - Page 28 — Celebrities To Play In Tourney — Rancho La Costa, Calif. (AP) — Bobby Fischer, the chess master making one of his rare public appearances, rated the biggest threat to defending champion Hank Greenberg Monday in the second annual Dewars' Sports Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, June 05, 1972 - Page 47 — Tennis Nobody? — “With such strange bedfellows as Bill Shoemaker, chess wizard Bobby Fischer, sportcaster Marty Liquori, Hank Greenberg, O.J. Simpson and Rick Barry, they are staging something called “The Second Annual Dewar's Read More

June 06, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Missoulian Missoula, Montana Tuesday, June 06, 1972 - Page 9 — Chess Champ? — Bobby Fischer, American chess master who'll meet Boris Spassky of Russia for the world championship in Iceland in July, hits a serve while competing Monday in the second annual Dewar's Sports Celebrity tennis tournament at La Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, June 06, 1972 - Page 47 — Greenberg, Boyd Win Net Tourney — Rancho La Costa (AP) — Hank Greenberg, 60-year-old former slugger of the Detroit Tigers, and Bob Boyd, USC basketball coach, won the Dewar's Cup in the second annual Sports Celebrities Tennis Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Tuesday, June 06, 1972 - Page 35 — Is Tennis Everybody's 2nd Game? — It's hard to say what, exactly, is the cause of tennis' recent popularity upsurge. More and more celebrities are taking it up — why? Maybe because tennis is a purgative, a way to rid yourself of the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Progress Bulletin Pomona, California Tuesday, June 06, 1972 - Page 23 — Segura Amazed With Power From Celebrity Tennis Trio —Rancho La Costa, Calif. (UPI) — Old pro Pancho Segura shook his head in envy and said. “I'd like to have about half the strength and power these boys have.” The game was tennis and he was Read More

June 07, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, June 07, 1972 - Page 45 — Chess Nuts No. 1 U.S. Hero Bobby Fischer — Chess nuts can follow their No. 1 U.S. hero, Bobby Fischer, into battle against the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky next month through a package offered by Orbitair International Ltd. of New York. Read More

June 08, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Gazette Cedar Rapids, Iowa Thursday, June 08, 1972 - Page 31 — Gligoric in New York — New York — When Bobby Fischer meets Boris Spassky for the world chess championship in Iceland next month, Svetozar Gligoric, the Yugoslav chess grand master, will play the match on his own board in New York, and write up each Read More

June 10, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Saturday, June 10, 1972 - Page 14 — Dewar Celebrity Tennis Championships — “…Others were Willie Shoemaker, the great jockey; Marty Liquori, the noted mile runner, and Bobby Fischer, the chess master. Tennis doesn't seem to have lost any of its popularity.”

  • Chronological Permanent Link Northwest Arkansas Times Fayetteville, Arkansas Saturday, June 10, 1972 - Page 11 — Thorpe Returns From Chess Meet — “His competition in the 47-man tournament included Prof. Arpad Elo, rating statistician for USCF, Fred Cowan, vice president of the World Chess Federation and Marshall Rohland, past president of Read More

June 11, 1972

The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Sunday, June 11, 1972 Two Kings at The Summit https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72778572/two-kings-at-the-summit/

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, March 6, 2021
  • Chronological Permanent Link Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas Sunday, June 11, 1972 - Page 21 — World Title Match Rated Tossup by Chess Experts by Larry Eldridge — (Christian-Science Monitor) When Bobby Fischer was asked how he'd take a defeat in his coming world championship chess match, the brash American challenger Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Sunday, June 11, 1972 - Page 152 — Chess Champs Stalemated? —By Robert Byrne, FAR AND AWAY, some of the most intricate and dazzling moves in the world championship chess match between the incumbent Soviet king, Boris Spassky, and the clean-cut American challenger, Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio Sunday, June 11, 1972 - Page 29 — Father's Day Chess Gift — “With one of these handsome new chess sets to inspire him, who knows… Dad may turn out to be another Bobby Fischer!”

  • Chronological Permanent Link Honolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu, Hawaii Sunday, June 11, 1972 - Page 50 — Tennis Enjoying New Wave of Popularity — “The only non-athlete entrant was Bobby Fischer. the U.S. grand chess master who is hooked on tennis. It was obvious that something big is happening in tennis when a dozen of America's greatest athletes and Read More

June 13, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Dispatch Moline, Illinois Tuesday, June 13, 1972 - Page 12 — Tass Writer Says Fischer, Spassky Equal —Moscow (UPI)—American chess champion Bobby Fischer is “egocentric, capricious, obstinate and hot-tempered” but has an “approximately equal” chance to defeat Soviet world champion Boris Spassky in their title Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link News-Journal Mansfield, Ohio Tuesday, June 13, 1972 - Page 6 — Chess Matches — Q — When is the contest for the world chess title to be? I think it's to be the United States' Bobby Fischer against the Russian Boris Spassky. — K. J., Walker Lake Rd.
    A — No definite date has been set, but the matches are to Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, June 13, 1972 - Page 40 — Chess: Fischer Displays Confidence In Comments on Title Match by Al Horowitz — Speculation and discussion continue to be stirred about the 24-game match scheduled between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in Read More

June 14, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan, Wednesday, June 14, 1972 - Page 37 — Bobby Fischer Sellout Victim —This report should properly go in the diplomatic pouch. Slug it “For Eyes Only” with one copy to the Secretary of State, one to the President. Burn promptly after reading. Get Henry Kissinger on it at once. The United Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada Wednesday, June 14, 1972 - Page 13 — Fischer Ready For Test —By Al Horowitz, The New York Times, Copyright, 1972, New York — When, on July 2, many-time United States chess champion Robert Fischer sits down to play the first game of his world championship match against title Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Wednesday, June 14, 1972 - Page 30 — 7 Year Old's Advice: 'You Gotta Have Quick Eyes' - Son 'Inherited' Interest in Chess by Sandra Hawk — “…While the Paynes are following the career of Bobby Fischer with interest, Kevin was especially intrigued with a recent Life Read More

June 16, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Friday, June 16, 1972 - Page 6 — Brainy Sport Looked Down On — On July 2, Robert J. Fischer of the United States begins a 24-game chess match with Boris Spassky of Russia for the championship of the world. Even though there are several million chess buffs in the country, this event is Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The York Dispatch York, Pennsylvania Friday, June 16, 1972 - Page 1 — Spassky Claims Fischer Fears [Disqualification] From Red Champs — Moscow (UPI) — World chess champion Boris Spassky said today his American challenger Bobby Fischer “appears to be suffering from a persecution mania and thinks that Soviet Read More

June 17, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Saturday, June 17, 1972 - Page 3 — Spassky answers Fischer barbs —Moscow—Boris Spassky, the generally reserved and modest world chess champion, finally answered his American challenger's psychological warfare campaign yesterday with the cerebral equivalent of Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Dispatch Moline, Illinois Saturday, June 17, 1972 - Page 50 — Friendly Game Grows Into Chess Club — “What began as a little chess game between two boys has grown into the 4th St. Chess Club of East Moline,” explains Gene Curry, 3413 4th St. East Moline. Curry's son, Craig, 7, and the neighbor boy, C.J. Lehne, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Saturday, June 17, 1972 - Page 7 — Spassky: Fischer 'Livening' —Moscow (UPI) — Boris Spassky, the world chess champion, said Friday he felt sorry for American challenger Bobby Fischer because of his “persecution mania” but considered him a “remarkable” player without whom the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Saturday, June 17, 1972 - Page 19 — Chess Master Says Fischer Has Complex —By Murray Seeger, Times Staff Writer, Moscow—Looking relaxed and in fine physical condition, Boris Spassky, the world champion chess player, said Friday that the American challenger, Bobby Fischer Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, June 17, 1972 - Page 14 — Spassky Owes Fischer 'Big Barrel of Vodka' —Belgrade (UPI) — World chess champion Boris Spassky figures he owes rival Bobby Fischer “a big barrel of vodka.” In an interview published today by the Belgrade weekly magazine Read More

June 18, 1972

  • The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Sunday, June 18, 1972 - Page 52 — World Chess Championship — The World Chess Championship will be held in Iceland starting July 2 and Iceland is issuing a stamp for the event. It will be a 15-kroner value and will depict a chess board plus a legend that tells of the event. Even a temporary Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, June 18, 1972 - Page 29 — Stamps by David Lidman — For the World Chess Championship, starting July 2 at Reykjavik, pitting Bobby Fischer of the United States against Boris Spassky of Russia, Iceland will released a 15-kronner stamp of a chessboard, appropriately inscribed.

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, June 18, 1972 - Page 38 — Spassky's Training Is a 'Secret' As He Prepares to Play Fischer — Chess Champion Is Confident — Sees Defense of Title as 'Great Big Holiday' by Theodore Shabad —Moscow, June 17—Boris Spassky, the world chess champion, declined to reveal Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Sentinel Grand Junction, Colorado Sunday, June 18, 1972 - Page 4 — Victories of a Genius —Other Editors, (London Times), Bobby Fischer's victory over Tigran Petrosian in the candidates' tournament in preparation for the world chess championship was a thrilling encounter. Certainly, the result was expected. Read More

June 19, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Cameron Herald Cameron, Texas Monday, June 19, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Championship To Be Played In Iceland —By Thorsteinn Thorarensen, Reuter Correspondent, Reykjavik, Iceland, Iceland is enthusiastically preparing to play host to a world chess championship likely to gain the attention of more people than Read More

June 20, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, June 20, 1972 - Page 80 — Chess: Despite Petrosian's Record, He Is Only a Fischer Victim by Al Horowitz —Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union, the former world champion, has been a top-ranking player for more than 20 years, but he is probably best known to thousands of new Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Tuesday, June 20, 1972 - Page 143 — Chess to Get Replay on TV —A re-creation of the world chess championship match in Reykjavik, Iceland, between Boris Spassky of Russia and Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn will be televised over WNET (Ch. 13). The 24-game match, which is expected to last for several Read More

June 21, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Wednesday, June 21, 1972 - Page 2 — World Champion Off to Iceland — Moscow (Reuter)—Boris Spassky, world chess champion, left here today for Reykjavik, Iceland, to prepare for his world chess title match against U.S. grandmaster Bobby Fischer. The 35-year Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, June 21, 1972 - Page 33 — Soviet Chess Great Leaves for Iceland — Moscow (UPI) — World chess champion Boris Spassky left for Reykjavik today to prepare for his title match with Bobby Fischer of the United States, the Tass News Agency said. Yefim Geller and Nikolai Krogius, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Kansas City Times Kansas City, Missouri Wednesday, June 21, 1972 - Page 55 — Spassky Arrives For Chess Battle —Moscow (AP)—The world chess champion, Boris Spassky, flew today to Reykjavik, Iceland, to stake his title in a 24-game match with Bobby Fischer, American. Spassky was accompanied by his second, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Brandon Sun Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Wednesday, June 21, 1972 - Page 4 — The Big Guns —The next big confrontation between American and Soviet forces, it seems, will take place not in the air, not around the bargaining table and not at sea. It will be at a chess table in Iceland. That's where world chess Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Wednesday, June 21, 1972 - Page 9 — Enroute — After an eight-day visit, Cuban Prime Minister Field Castro left East Berlin for Prague, while Boris Spassky (right), world chess champion, left Moscow for Reykjavik to prepare for his July 2 match against American Bobby Fischer.

June 22, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Des Moines Tribune Des Moines, Iowa Thursday, June 22, 1972 - Page 10 — Spassky: Chess Fight One Big Holiday by Charlotte Saikowski, Christian Science Monitor News Service — Moscow, Russia—It may be only a psychological pose, but Boris Spassky, the Russian world champion, gave every appearance of being in Read More

June 23, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Friday, June 23, 1972 - Page 4 — P-K4 — Reykjavik, Thursday. — World chess champion Boris Spassky, 35, arrived in Iceland last night to prepare for championship matches with Bobby Fischer of the US on July 2.

June 24, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, June 24, 1972 - Page 6 — Bear and Eagle —Next month Bobby Fischer sits down with Boris Spassky to settle the question of whether an American can prove himself the world's best chess player by defeating a Russian world champion. Fischer is in a situation something Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, June 24, 1972 - Page 34 — It's Dogged Bobby vs. Classic Boris —By Roger Ebert, Chicago (CDN) - Nobody knows very much about him, and the few facts have been repeated time and again. He was born in Chicago, raised in several places but mostly Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Times San Mateo, California Saturday, June 24, 1972 - Page 32 — Bobby at the Summit; Will He Topple? —In just one week, Bobby Fischer of the USA will play Boris Spassky of the USSR for the chess championship of this planet. If Bobby wins it he will be the first American ever to win the title. He is already the first American Read More

  • The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield, Massachusetts Saturday, June 24, 1972 - Page 15 — Boris Spassky Quote —“I have a very high opinion of Fischer as a chess player. He is a great player. The world of chess would be very boring without him.” —Boris Spassky, world chess champion, in training in Moscow for match against U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer.

June 25, 1972

Advance For AM's, Sunday, June 25, 1972 For Use With Robert J. (Bobby) Fischer American Chess Wizard By Richard Sisk,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, October 13, 2019


Certainly Has Good Moves
  • Chronological Permanent Link The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, June 25, 1972 - Page 54 — Fischer's Ego Matches Skill —New York (UPI). — There are one hundred octodecillion possible moves in the average chess game. Robert James (Bobby) Fischer learned the first dozen or so from his sister in Brooklyn when he was six Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News, New York, New York, Sunday, June 25, 1972 - Page 5 — Certainly Has Good Moves — American chess kingpin Bobby Fischer goes through book charting his opponent's classic moves while relaxing at training table at Grossinger's. Fischer meets world champion Boris Spassky of Russia for title, beginning Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Sunday, June 25, 1972 - Page 8 — Not Really Bobby's Bag, But It Pays To Check — U.S. chess champ Robert James “Bobby” Fischer hopes to add some punch to his attack — in chess, that is — by getting in shape physically as well as mentally. Here he works out on Rocky Marciano's Read More

America's Bobby Fischer Duels Soviet Boris Spassky for the World Chess Title Next Sunday America's Bobby Fischer Duels Soviet Boris Spassky for the World Chess Title Next Sunday Sun, Jun 25, 1972 – 34 · Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida) · Newspapers.com

June 26, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Monday, June 26, 1972 - Page 34 — Fischer Mystery: Chess Challenger Cancels Flight —Reykjavik — (UPI)—Bobby Fischer, American challenger to Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, abruptly canceled his flight ticket to Reykjavik, Icelandic Chess Federation officials said Sunday. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu, Hawaii Monday, June 26, 1972 - Page 24 — Spassky vs. Fischer: Sixth Time Around — By Charlotte Saikowski, Christian Science Monitor Service, Moscow, Russia—Boris Spassky wears an air of cool composure these days. It may be only a psychological pose, but the Soviet world Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey Monday, June 26, 1972 - Page 3 — Fred Cramer on Fischer and Lighting at Reykjavik — The long awaited chess match between the Russian world champion Boris Spassky and the American challenger, Bobby Fischer, in Reykjavik, Iceland, may be stalemated in a dispute over lighting, Fred Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Monday, June 26, 1972 - Page 17 — Bobby Fischer Cancels Flight To Chess Match — New York, June 26 — Bobby Fischer, the unpredictable challenger for the world chess championship, abruptly canceled last night his flight to Reykjavik, Iceland, where he is to begin his match next Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Central New Jersey Home News New Brunswick, New Jersey Monday, June 26, 1972 - Page 18 — First Move In Match - A Dispute —New York (AP) — The long awaited chess match between the Russian world champion Boris Spassky and the American challenger, Bobby Fischer, in Reykjavik, Iceland, may be stalemated in a Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Tampa Times Tampa, Florida Monday, June 26, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Match Still 'On' — Los Angeles (UPI) - When Bobby Fischer didn't show up in Reykjavik, Iceland as expected Sunday there was concern he had changed his mind about meeting Russian Boris Spassky in the world chess championship there July 2. But Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah Monday, June 26, 1972 - Page 16 — Television Today: PBS to Re-create Chess Test by Harold Schindler, Tribune Television Editor — Next week Bobby Fischer of New York will meet Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in a tournament to determine the world champion of chess. The Read More

June 27, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, June 27, 1972 - Page 37 — Spassky Rates Fischer Stronger Than in Last Meeting by Harold C. Schonberg — Reykjavik, Iceland, June 26 — Boris Spassky, the chess champion of the world, who has played Bobby Fischer five times and never been beaten by the American, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Tuesday, June 27, 1972 - Page 10 — Spassky Confident Bobby Will Come —Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — World chess champion Boris Spassky of Russia said he hoped his American challenger, Bobby Fischer, would show up in time for their first match next Sunday even though he failed to Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Tuesday, June 27, 1972 - Page 27 — ABC To Telecast Chess Championship —New York — The American Broadcasting Company said Monday it has acquired exclusive rights to televise the world chess championship between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Russia's Boris Spassky in Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Springfield Leader and Press Springfield, Missouri Tuesday, June 27, 1972 - Page 12 — As We See It: Bobby vs. Boris —The Attention of some 25,000 Americans who play tournament chess, plus a considerable number of amateurs who simply play for fun, will be focused on Reykjavik, Iceland, Sunday and for several days thereafter. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Raleigh Register Beckley, West Virginia Tuesday, June 27, 1972 - Page 4 — With Braun And Brain Can Bobby Beat Boris? —Championship chess is a contest that calls for prodigious amounts of physical as well as mental exertion. To determine how much energy is actually expended by a chess player in a tournament game, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Tuesday, June 27, 1972 - Page 5 — ABC To Air Telecasts Of Title Chess —New York (AP) — The American Broadcasting Co. said yesterday it has acquired exclusive rights to televise the world chess championship between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Russia's Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee, Florida Tuesday, June 27, 1972 - Page 9 — Wet Chess — We'd like to see Bobby Fischer try this one. Two ambitious teenage chess players in Edinburgh, Scotland, wanted to play an uninterrupted and peacefully quiet game. The only place they could find that fit their needs was the Read More

June 28, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 12 — Fischer's Flight Set For Today —Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — American chess challenger Bobby Fischer will be in Iceland in time for the start of his 24-game world championship match against Boris Spassky of Russia, one of his advisers said Tuesday. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The News-Item, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 8 — Soviet Chess Master Awaiting Fischer — World chess champion Boris Spassky, shown here playing with his son, Vasya, was reported in Reykjavik, Iceland, Tuesday, awaiting the arrival of U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer. Their 24-game match for Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 83 — World's Eyes Focus On A Chess Board —It will begin quietly next Sunday afternoon, in Iceland. Promptly at 2 p.m. (Icelandic time), a Russian and an American will sit down to play a game of chess in a small auditorium at Reykjavik. During Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Salina Journal Salina, Kansas Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 23 — Fischer and Spassky Will Split a Bundle of Money —The Icelandic Chess Federation has put up close to $200,000 for the 24-game match. The games will be played in the Reykjavik Sportshall, which seats about 3,000 people. The match will be open Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Florida Today Cocoa, Florida Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 1C — Chess Moves To Television —You can come out into the sun and rejoice, chess players, because your sport finally has hit the “big time.” In other words, after hundreds of years of being reserved for the intelligentsia, chess is going on network television. The event Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 27 — Players Can Follow Games On Own Boards —Each game of the world chess championships will be reported in a form called the Descriptive Notation, which enables other players to follow the game by duplicating each move on their own Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Quad-City Times Davenport, Iowa Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Interest Grows —New York (AP) — Promotional aspects of the Fischer-Spassky world championship chess match are becoming as important as they are in any big league sport. Chess matches are not usually world happenings. But with Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 53 — Fischer-Spassky Duel Becoming 'Big League' — …He has asked for bids from interested television stations in countries throughout the world. He is concerned with the highest bidders in each country, and if a contract is signed, he will send them Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 2 — Fischer Leaves For Chess Match —Los Angeles (AP)—American challenger Bobby Fischer has left Los Angeles after a final round of training for his world champion chess series in Iceland and is scheduled to leave New York tonight for Reykjavik, local Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 29 — Sports Angles: You'd Never Guess This About Chess —Want to be a good chess player? Then start a weightlifting program, jog 10 miles a day, do calisthenics, climb mountains, get in shape, get physical. I know. “This guy Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Springfield Leader and Press Springfield, Missouri Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 13 — It's $5 a Game To See Champs —By Ann Hencken, New York (AP) — Promotional aspects of the Fischer-Spassky world championship chess match are becoming as important as they are in any big league sport. Chess matches are not Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 2 — Taking Pawns Takes Brawn —If Bobby Fischer should beat Russia's Boris Spassky in the world's chess championship tournament next month, Fischer could try checkmating Joe Namath or Joe Frazier next. He'll certainly be in condition for Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield, Massachusetts Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 1 — World Champion — Boris Spassky, right, with an interpreter, talks over the chess match in Reykjavik.

  • Chronological Permanent Link Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 10 — Chess Star May Yet Be Holdout —Reykjavik, Iceland (Reuter) — Preparations for the world chess championship opening here Sunday now are in full swing—but there is still no sign of the U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer. The Russian world Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 71 — For all you chess fans, Ch. 2 —The 25-year wait by the chess crowd since television's inception is about to end, thanks to the fame of Bobby Fischer. Both Channel 2 and the American Broadcasting Co. yesterday revealed plans for Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque, New Mexico Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 4 — Physical Training for Chess — Many persons smirked when they read about Bobby Fischer's physical fitness program as he prepared for the world championship chess match against Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. Fischer's daily regimen Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Des Moines Tribune Des Moines, Iowa Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 9 — Soviet Chess Champ Sore At Lensmen — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — Russian Boris Spassky, who has a reputation for glacial calm, had an outburst of nerves Wednesday, less than a week before he risks his world chess championship against Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, June 28, 1972 - Page 6 — Eagle and Fox? — Sirs: — It was a pleasant surprise to find your editorial on chess (Journal, June 24); the royal game is usually neglected by the press. However, I disagree with your metaphor. Fischer may be a chess eagle, but Spassky is Read More

June 29, 1972

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Thursday, June 29, 1972 Chess Champ Objects Russia's Boris Spassky storms...

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  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Champ Objects — Russia's Boris Spassky storms off tennis court at Reykjavik, Iceland, disturbed by the presence of newsmen. Spassky, who will defend his chess title against Bobby Fischer of the United States next week, later returned Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Greeley Daily Tribune Greeley, Colorado Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 38 — Will Bobby Fischer Show Up For Chess Match in Iceland —By Ann Hencken, Associated Press Writer, New York (AP) — Bobby Fischer's flight reservation to Reykjavik, Iceland, has been canceled again. The American chess star is scheduled to Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 18 — Fischer Not On Flight —New York — Chess whiz Bobby Fischer, expected to leave Wednesday night for the world chess championships, failed to show up for either flight leaving for Iceland.
    One of his advisers, already in Reykjavik to prepare for the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 18 — Coverage Of Chess Match Restricted — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) Organizers of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world championship chess match will restrict move-by-move coverage and photographs of the contenders inside the contest hall, it Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 6 — Chess Tourney Coverage Fuss —Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — Organizers of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world championship chess match will restrict move-by-move coverage and photographs of the contenders inside the contest hall, it Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 6 — Where Is Bobby Fischer? —New York, N.Y. (AP) — Bobby Fischer failed to make his scheduled flight for Iceland Wednesday night and gave no indication when he would depart for his World Championship chess match with Boris Spassky, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Ogden Standard-Examiner Ogden, Utah Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 4 — Bobby Fischer Still Not in Iceland; Adviser Says He'll Play Russian — New York (UPI)—America's chess wizard Bobby Fischer will be in Reykjavik, Iceland, in time for the start of the world chess championships Sunday, a Fischer adviser said Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, New York Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 17 — Limit Coverage Of Chess Match —Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — Organizers of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world championship chess match will restrict move-by-move coverage and photographs of the contenders inside the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Nanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 19 — Chess Challenger Still Missing —New York (Reuter) — U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer failed to show up Wednesday night for two flights that were to have taken him to Reykjavik, Iceland for his world chess championship meeting Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 87 — Fischer Gets Chess Title Shot Sunday —Reykjavik — (UPI) — Bobby Fischer's big dream comes true Sunday when he sits down at the checkered board to play world chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The American chess genius Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 374 — The Super Bowl of Chess —When Bobby Fischer sits down across the board from Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland this Sunday, one of the most controversial battles in chess history will be under way. Fischer is a rebel whose attack is world famous… Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Greenwood Commonwealth Greenwood, Mississippi Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 9 — Chess Master On The Court — Russian chess champion Boris Spassky returns volley, Wednesday, as he works out in Reykjavik for upcoming world chess title against American Bobby Fischer. Earlier, Spassky stormed Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 8 — Bobby Off To Play — Los Angeles, June 28 (AP)— American challenger Bobby Fischer has left Los Angeles for his world champion chess series in Reykjavik, Iceland, local sources said today. The secretive Fischer spent about a week in California preparing Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 26 — Here's How To Get In Shape For a Chess Championship — They say chess is a great mental game, but you'd never know it from the way U.S. king Bobby Fischer prepares. Fischer meets Russia's Boris Spassky beginning July 2 in Reykjavik, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link News-Journal Mansfield, Ohio Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 8 — Q: Will the chess championships be on television, and who will be playing? — A: Your question came just in time. The title matches, featuring Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of Russia, will be seen Saturday, July 8 from 5-6:30 p. m. Read More

  • The News Paterson, New Jersey Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 26 — DePaul's Chessmen Boast No Fischer But Fly High — “We may not have a Bobby Fischer, but we're working on it.” You see, Bobby Fischer may be the greatest chess player in the country, and maybe the world, if the American beats the Russian, Boris Spassky, come July 2 in Read More

  • The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 94 — ABC Specials — Martin Starger, program head of the ABC-TV network, at a press conference Tuesday expanded on his announcement of last spring concerning network schedule of specials … He also announced ABC will air the World Chess Championship Read More

  • The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 96 — Bowling: Herald Tourney Lets Bowlers Pick Winning Moves by Dick Evans — Bobby Fischer probably would make a good contestant for The Herald's $1,000 Bowling Classic, which opens this weekend … / /

  • Ridgewood Herald-News Ridgewood, New Jersey Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 57 — World Chess Championship Tournament — Move-by-move coverage of the competition between Bobby FIscher of the U.S. and Boris Spassky of Russia.

U.S. Chess Ace Bobby Fischer Is Getting in Shape For a World ChampionshipU.S. Chess Ace Bobby Fischer Is Getting in Shape For a World Championship Thu, Jun 29, 1972 – 25 · Pacific Daily News (Agana Heights, Guam) · Newspapers.com

June 30, 1972

Fischer In Retreat
  • Chronological Permanent Link The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 2 — Fischer In Retreat — Bobby Fischer, American chess champion, runs away from newsmen at New York's Kennedy Airport. He did not leave for Iceland, however, and his world chess championship match against Russia's Boris Spassky. The World Chess Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 9 — Hot Line — Q: Why doesn't one of the newspapers give the news every day of the Bobby Fischer chess match which takes place later this month? D. N., Sissonville — A: Bobby Fischer's match with Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 37 — Iceland, a Chess Land, Waits on Edge for Fischer by Harold C. Schonberg — NYTimes — Reykjavik, Iceland. June 29—There are about 80,000 people here, and at least that many seem concerned day and day—there is no night at this time of the year—with Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 37 — Media Oppose Limits On Chess-Match News — An attempt to limit news transmissions from the world chess championship in Iceland has met strong resistance from the news media, including the Associated Press, United Press International and The New Read More

  • New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 37-36 — Chess? It's Two Armies on the March — By McCandlish Phillips — “…as Mr. Lyman talked, the fog parted a little. There was a clearing through which he could spy the plain outline of an intelligible system. It is a good thing that the man can talk well, for he has been Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Reporter Dover, Ohio Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 3 — Fischer Threatened With Blacklisting If He Fails To Show For Chess Match —Amsterdam (AP) — The president of the World Chess Federation has threatened American champion Bobby Fischer with blacklisting following reports he is holding out for a cut Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Journal and Courier Lafayette, Indiana Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 26 — Fischer Threatened With Blacklisting —Amsterdam (AP) — The president of the World Chess Federation has threatened American champion Bobby Fischer with blacklisting following reports he is holding out for a cut of the gate receipts from his World Read More

Man To Beat
  • Chronological Permanent Link The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 21 — Man To Beat — Boris Spassky, hero of Russia's national sport with “a great deal more to lose than Fischer” in Iceland, meets the press with Soviet international chess master Jivo Nei, left, and interpreter.

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 21 — Fischer Hides, May Seek Bigger Purse —By Philip Finn, New York — Bobby Fischer, the 29-year-old grand master of chess and mystery, has been in “hiding” in New York while a row about him boils in Iceland. The Brooklyn-born genius booked into Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Pensacola News Journal Pensacola, Florida Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 23 — Fischer Demands More Cash To Play Chess Champion — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — Bobby Fischer has made a last-minute demand for more money to play in the world chess championship against Russian Boris Spassky, in-formed sources said Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 42 — Absent Fischer Playing 'Nerves'? — Reykjavik, Iceland. (NYT) — American chess grandmaster, Bobby Fischer, expected here Thursday, again failed to show up. His championship match with Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union is scheduled to begin on Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 12 — Fischer Has Dreams of World's Chess Title —By Ian Westergren, Reykjavik (UPI)—Bobby Fischer's big dream comes true Sunday when he sits down at the checkered board to play world chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The American Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Capital Times Madison, Wisconsin Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 21 — State Champ to Analyze World Chess Match —(Editor's Note: Peter Dorman, a U.W. graduate who now lives in Madison, is the Wisconsin state chess champion. He will contribute occasional articles to The Capital Times sports pages Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 22 — Chess Goes Other Way —In Golf Some Players do better at match, rather than stroke play. However, almost all prominent competition today is conducted at stroke play which has two main features - it rewards consistency and hurts the hot Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 17 — Chess Pros Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer — Chess pros Boris Spassky, left, of the Soviet Union and Bobby Fischer of the United States ponder moves at matches. / /

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Times Munster, Indiana Sunday, July 02, 1972 - Page 46 — World Title Match in Secret —New York (UPI) — The more Bobby Fischer thinks about it the more it bugs him. Why Reykjavik, Iceland? “Why not Rome?” Fischer would like to know. “Why not Paris, Oslo, Zurich, Dallas or New York? Or even Moscow? Any Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 5 — It Takes 2 to Play Chess & Bobby Hasn't Moved — By Gene Spagnoli, The continued absence of U.S. chess genius Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik, Iceland, where on Sunday he is due to begin his match against Russia's Boris Spassky for the world championship — at first Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Tampa Times Tampa, Florida Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 12 — Fischer — Wants Profit Cut

  • Chronological Permanent Link Springfield Leader and Press Springfield, Missouri Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 1 — Tass Blames Bobby Fischer for Situation Created by Soviets & Icelandic Chess Federation — The Soviet news agency Tass said there is no certainty that the world championship chess match will be held at all and it blamed the situation on Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 46 — Organizers Seek To Restrict Coverage Of Chess Match —Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — Organizers of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world championship chess match will restrict move-by move coverage and photographs of the contenders inside the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Sioux City Journal Sioux City, Iowa Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 4 — Who Is Chess 'Bad Guy?' — The forthcoming chess match for the world championship between Bobby Fischer, the U.S. whiz, and Boris Spassky, the Soviet expert, is receiving what politicians would call a “good press.” At least, there has been a lot of coverage Read More

Fischer At Kennedy Airport
  • Chronological Permanent Link Edmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 29 — Fischer At Kennedy Airport — Fischer was seen Thursday night at New York's Kennedy airport, but Icelandic Airlines said he did not board its flight to Reykjavik. When reporters tried to question him, his bodyguards fended them off. Bobby Fischer Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Saturday, July 01, 1972 - Page 12 — Fischer's Chance in Chess Tilt Periled —Hamburg, Germany (UPI) —U.S. Chess Grandmaster Bobby Fischer may lose his rights as challenger for the world title if he doesn't show up for his Sunday match with Russian World Champion Boris Spassky, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 8 — TV-Radio Briefs: Chess Match — The world chess tournament (Boris Spassky vs. Bobby Fischer), due to be colorcast over Channel 48 Sunday from 1 to 6 p. m., has a unique story behind it.
    The action will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland. The telecast, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 24 — Television Highlights — Special—“The Fischer-Spassky Chess Championship: A Weekly Review.” Play-by-play account of the World Championship Chess Match between American challenger Bobby Fischer and present world champion Boris Spassky Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 71 — WNET Doubts Presentation of Re-Creation of the World Championship — Station WNET (Ch. 13) said yesterday there was some doubt as to whether it would be able to present a re-creation of the world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 27 — Special: The Fischer-Spassky Chess Championship — Spassky Chess Championship: chess master George Koltanowski previews upcoming match between USSR champion Boris Spassky and America's challenger Bobby Fischer to be Read More

Serious Fischer
  • Chronological Permanent Link Hattiesburg American Hattiesburg, Mississippi Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 1 — Serious Fischer — A serious-faced Bobby Fischer is shown in a New York Kennedy Airport coffee shop about midnight as he apparently was preparing to fly to Iceland for his world championship chess series with Russian champion Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 30 — Channel Hopping — If all goes well in that world chess championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky this week end, you can watch the games on “Wide World of Sports” … First match is scheduled to air next Saturday at 5 …

  • Chronological Permanent Link Ellwood City Ledger Ellwood City, Pennsylvania Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 7 — News in Sports: World Chess Title Competition by Turk Pierce — Chess may not be considered a sport, but some very intense competition will begin Sunday in the unlikely locale of Reykjavik, Iceland, when Bobby Fischer of the U.S. will Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Times-Advocate Escondido, California Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 17 — World Match Most Publicized: Chess in Golden Moments —New York (NANA) — When Bobby Fischer sits down with Boris Spassky in Iceland Sunday, the world will be treated to the greatest chess match—certainly the most publicized—in history. It is a Read More

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Political Propaganda / Smear Campaign: These articles were part of politically-motivated smear campaign of Bobby Fischer, spanning 1960's till his death in 2008. Sources often cited 1962, Ralph Ginzburg (sued by Presidential Candidate Barry Goldwater for defamation); Ronald Gross who claimed he ‘moved to New York’ to substantiate his sordid rumors about Fischer. (Search Chess Grand Master Isaac Kashdan's Los Angeles Times chess column which meticulously documents the 1950's-1970's residency of Ronald Gross as 'Compton, California'.)

News articles lacking in journalistic integrity
Byrne is the best evidence yet, confirming the publication, “quotes Fischer as saying” rather than saying, “Fischer said,” as in a reliable, verifiable publication would not only reproduce the actual telegrams, but would include notarized verification from the telegraph agency, authenticating the documents. The “White Book” provides none of that. A more indepth discussion is located in this article. Byrne's commentary on the “White Book” is telling about the authenticity:

…allegedly hurled another defi…
- Robert Byrne. (So easy to print copies of authentic telegraphs, don't you think? rather than all this evasive hearsay.)
al·leg·ed·ly; (adverb) used to convey that something is claimed to be the case or have taken place, although there is no proof. [Definition from Oxford Languages]

“Yugoslav chess organizers have issued a 50-page document implying Fischer may cancel his challenge to world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union” … NO, BELGRADE DID THAT ON ITS OWN … “Belgrade backed out of the original arrangement after the U.S. Chess Federation failed to provide $38,000 guarantee” … BECAUSE IT WAS AN ILLEGAL DEMAND AND NO WHERE IN THE CONTRACT … “The document was issued by the magazine Chess Informant” … REALLY? WITH A HISTORY OF DEGRADING FISCHER … “reprints telegrams it claims were sent by Fischer” — STRANGE, BUT THE NEW YORK TIMES PROVIDES OTHER REPORTS ABOUT “TELEGRAMS” THAT FISCHER EVEN APOLOGIZED TO FIDE IF THERE WERE ANY MISUNDERSTANDING AND IS “READY TO PLAY!” NYTimes, “Fischer Announces He Is Ready to Play For the World Title” April 05, 1972. Belgrade officials, what was termed “Old Hands” by Ken Smith, were hard at work to disqualify and replace Fischer /

Trash Journalism which uses Ad Hom logical fallacy. A simple question like “What's the score?” is bent and twisted into a sordid news story, full of exagerations and bitter ridicule to blacken the reputation of anyone who challenged the all-encompassing Soviet Imperial supremacy's intolerant, repressive control over sports through manipulation and outright chicanery and fraud. / / / / / / / /

more ad homs in junk journalism /

Larry Evans, who often boasts he was Bobby's ‘best friend,’ ‘wielding more influence than anyone’ over Bobby, his ‘personal trainer,’ according to numerous witnesses at Buenos Aires, 1971, Evans left and returned home half way through the tournament, complaining Bobby didn't need him. Quinteros was assisting Bobby in 1972 at Grossinger's “training”. Evans was not as close to Bobby as he often let on in public and in no special position to speak as an expert on Fischer's personal life … which accounts for why Evans was guilty of regularly dragging Bobby and those close to him, reputation through the mud. Attaching libelous character assassinations throughout his articles such as the vapid claim that Regina Fischer “chained” herself to the White House fence to protest for funding of the US Chess Olympic team, but as photos from the era reveal, there were no chains, nor did contemporary reports ever validate such an absurd claim. It was reported that Bobby did praise his mother's single-handed efforts to make the team trip possible, but Evans claimed Regina was an “embarrassment” to Bobby. Larry Evans, self-admitted publishing for the Playboy magazine, was the only known party with likely motive (a hefty payout) to author articles wrongly claiming Fischer (a devout religious fundamentalist, what Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes described as living a “monastic” [monk-like] lifestyle, total abstenance from dating outside of the church and fornications of the flesh, outside of wedlock) Bobby believed while following the church 1962-1970's, would endanger his immortal soul. However, supposedly (according to Larry Evans) was reading “Playboy”. Payouts for “indirect marketing” schemes of this nature promoting a commercial product or brand name, at the expense of Bobby Fischer's personal reputation, were richly rewarded by the advertiser. One article could reach millions of households, making Evans a wealthy man… from a product Bobby Fischer would not have used while following the Worldwide Church of God/Herbert W. Armstrong. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

1,000,000 bribe offered to “take down” Israel's critics (State PROPAGANDA). In 1980, you could earn as much spreading propaganda, as you could winning a chess tournament!
For examples where Chess has been sold out for a political agenda and deception, see and

'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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