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March 1972

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March 01, 1972

  • Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Nebraska, Wednesday, March 01, 1972 - Page 39 — Journal Sports:Baseball Entitled to Its License to Bore During Spring — “Well, Friday is the big day. Never mind the fact that Bobby Fischer is still planning his Knight's gambit to be turned loose upon generations of Russian chess masters as yet unborn. Never Read More

  • The Post-Crescent Appleton, Wisconsin Wednesday, March 01, 1972 - Page 47 — Reserve Films For Your Group — 1972 Promo

March 02, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Plainsman Huron, South Dakota Thursday, March 02, 1972 - Page 4 — Stalling The Checkmate — Summitry its problems. Merely making the preliminary arrangements so the main event can take place can tax the expert diplomat. In arranging such a relatively simple matter as a champion chess match between Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Journal Vineland, New Jersey Thursday, March 02, 1972 - Page 19 — Caesars Palace Tops Yugoslavia's Bid for the Bobby Fischer-Russki Chess Championship — Caesars Palace topped Yugoslavia's bid for the Bobby Fischer-Russki chess championship ($175,000 to the Yugo $153,000) … The players decided Read More

March 04, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Tampa Times Tampa, Florida Saturday, March 04, 1972 - Page 5 — Refugee from Reds is No. 2 U.S. Chess Genius — When Russian tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia in 1968, chess grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek decided it was time to get out. The 24-year-old genius was already famous in his homeland as one Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Montana Standard Butte, Montana Saturday, March 04, 1972 - Page 7 — Chess Master Gets Ultimatum — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP)—The president of the International Chess Federation said Friday that world champion Boris Spassky must forfeit his title if he refuses to accept the venue set for his match with Bobby Read More

March 05, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, March 05, 1972 - Page 56 — Soviet Union Accepts Belgrade and Reykjavik as Title Chess Sites — NYTimes, Moscow, March 4—The Soviet Union, in a major concession, agreed today to having the chess world championship match between Boris Spassky, the Soviet titleholder, and Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Sunday, March 05, 1972 - Page 4 — Russians Agree To Chess Sites — Moscow (AP)—The Russian Chess Federation indicated on Saturday it would agree to two sites for the world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky. The Read More

  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Sunday, March 05, 1972 - Page 9 — Reds OK Chess Sites — The Russian Chess Federation indicated it has agreed to two sites for the world championship chess match between Bobby Fisdcher of the U.S. and the Soviets' Boris Spassky. The Soviet News Agency Tass said that the Russians Read More

March 07, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, March 07, 1972 - Page 21 — Soviets Ready to Negotiate Chess Match Site — (UPI) Moscow — The Soviet Chess Federation has said it is ready to start final negotiations for terms of the World Chess Championship match between Boris Spassky and American Read More

  • The Amarillo Globe-Times Amarillo, Texas Tuesday, March 07, 1972 - Page 2 — What Russians Know — Maybe this will change after President Richard Nixon's visit to Moscow in May, but U.S. travelers to Russia say in the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics the best known American is Bobby Fischer, our chess champion. The Russians know Read More

March 08, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Wednesday, March 08, 1972 - Page 187 — OK Chess Super Bowl — Amsterdam, March 7 (Special) — Russia has accepted a compromise settlement of the dispute over where to hold the world chess championship tournament, Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Ukiah Daily Journal Ukiah, California Wednesday, March 08, 1972 - Page 5 — Chess Buffs Invited to Join Club — Beginners at chess and those advanced in the game are all invited to join members of the newly formed Ukiah Chess Club at 8 p.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church. The new club is affiliated with the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Progress Bulletin Pomona, California Wednesday, March 08, 1972 - Page 15 — Future Chess Experts Blooming in Valley —…Cabalo pointed out that for the first time in history of world championships an American chess player, U.S. champion Bobby Fischer, may soon have a chance to win the world championship Read More

March 09, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily Independent Journal San Rafael, California Thursday, March 09, 1972 - Page 19 — Birthday Quiz by Gordon B. Greb — Try this quiz about a famous person born today, March 9: Bobby Fischer (1943-), a brilliant American chess player…

March 10, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Kenosha News Kenosha, Wisconsin Friday, March 10, 1972 - Page 27 — Fischer Moves Against Foe — New York — Bobby Fischer could not have found a tougher opponent for the world chess championship than Boris Spassky of Russia, says Sports Illustrated this week. Spassky, who has held the title since 1969, plays a Read More

March 11, 1972

It is obvious that Spassky can't make any decisions on his own, as he never appeared at the Amsterdam meeting, or did any USSR official at the stated deadline of January 31. […] it pains me to see vital news reported inaccurately therein. World champion Spassky did not show up as scheduled in Amsterdam. No one came from the USSR. Fischer and I were there in good faith to negotiate an agreement under Dr. Euwe's supervision, in keeping with the spirit of FIDE. It is difficult to reach an amicable agreement when one of the main parties is not available. To me, the essence of our inability to reach an agreement within a reasonable time was the absence of Spassky.”
- The Gazette Montreal, The Game of Kings by D.M. Le Dain, Quebec, Canada Saturday, March 11, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, March 11, 1972 - Page 52 — The Game of Kings: King Only a Pawn by D.M. Le Dain —It appears now that nothing has been settled definitely regarding the site and date of the Spassky-Fischer world championship match. What has been released so far turns out to be only a progress Read More

  • The Argus Rock Island, Illinois Saturday, March 11, 1972 - Page 4 — Ping Pong Child's Play To Bridge by Julian W. Ramsey — Russia has been considered the unchallenged leader in chess — a game that was always beyond me. But now an American, Bobby Fischer, threatens to dethrone the Russian world champion, Boris Spassky, and will probably Read More

March 12, 1972

  • The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 46 — Annual Conference On International Affairs: Forces At Work In The Soviet Union. — Can U.S. and Allies Influence Future Foreign and Security Policies? by Brady Black, Editor of The Enquirer: The forthcoming world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer, the Read More

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 128 — Chess: Soviets Agree To Title Match Sites by Isaac Kashdan — After considerable discussion, the Chess Federation of the Soviet Union has withdrawn its protest, and agreed that the match for the world chess championship shall take place in Belgrade, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 209 — Chess: Nobody Seems Happy About It by Al Horowitz — An AP dispatch from Reykjavik, Iceland, in regard to the Fischer-Spassky match reads: “The president of the Icelandic Chess Federation expressed surprise at the decision to hold the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 356 — Chess Mail — Chicago—Congratulation on your weekly chess column. The growth of chess in recent years has been nothing short of sensational; in metropolitan Chicago alone, there are almost 2,000 regular tournament players, 20,000 to 30,000 Read More

March 13, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Sports Illustrated, March 13, 1972 - Page 22 — The Big Burden Boris Bears by Robert Byrne —When Bobby Fischer sits down opposite Boris Spassky next June to settle the question of whether an American has truly overtaken a Russian as the world's best chess player, it will mark a new high in awareness of the game in this Read More

March 15, 1972

  • The Shreveport Journal Shreveport, Louisiana Wednesday, March 15, 1972 - Page 1 — Bobby Fischer — I would like to get the address of Bobby Fischer, the chess player.— R.S. A reference source lists his office address as: c/o Robert Rosen, NRB Associates, 485 Madison Avenue, New York N.Y.

  • Kenosha News Kenosha, Wisconsin Wednesday, March 15, 1972 - Page 41 — Fischer In Training — Rocky Marciano, Barney Ross and Joe Louis have all trained at Grossinger's for their world championship bids. Now it's Bobby Fischer, the chess champion, who has arrived at the famed Catskills resort for an indefinite stay. It will be Fischer's Read More

March 16, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Thursday, March 16, 1972 - Page 35 — Donald Byrne, Authors “Big Burden Boris Bears” in Sports Illustrated — An Indianapolis Man, Robert Byrne, is probably as qualified as anyone in the world to evaluate the upcoming world championship chess match between Russia's Boris Read More

March 17, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Signal Santa Clarita, California Friday, March 17, 1972 - Page 4 — The Coming World Championship — The match for the World Chess Championship, the classic match between the East and the West is set for June of this year. It will pit current champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union against the phenomenal prodigy Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Herald Provo, Utah Friday, March 17, 1972 - Page 10 — Springville Man Discovers Unique Use For Nuts and Bolts -- Making Chess Sets by Darrell Berkheimer — Teaches Youths: Mr. Whiting … has taught several [children] to play chess. In addition, he has been involved in Scouting. Returning to chess, Mr. Whiting said, “I Read More

March 18, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The News-Herald Franklin, Pennsylvania Saturday, March 18, 1972 - Page 9 — Checkmate at RGHS: Chess Club Has Tournament — The Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world championship chess match is not the only chess get-together that is making waves. Admittedly on a much smaller scale, the students at Rocky Read More

March 19, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 118 — Fischer's Accuracy — Last year Bobby Fischer rolled up the most fantastic winning streak in chess history, 20 straight victories against grandmaster opposition. Many attempts were made to explain the feat. Clearly Fischer was one of the greatest Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link News-Journal Mansfield, Ohio Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 63 — Chess: Quiet Prevails as Competitors Match Tournament Skills by George N. Constable — A chess tournament is like nothing else in the world. The truly remarkable thing about this game or sport is the complete absence of sound. Indeed, the onlooker might Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 48 — Chess Men Ready For Big Tussle — Brisbane, Saturday. — Diplomacy will reign when chess giants Robert Fischer and Boris Spassky meet for the world chess championship on neutral ground later this year. Half of the 24 Read More

  • Permanent Link The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 11 — The King's Men: Will Spassky Balk on Venue? He Must Play or Forfeit Title by Merrill Dowden — There's a rumor abroad—and at this stage it's only a rumor—that the much-heralded world-championship chess match between the present title-holder, Boris Spassky Read More

  • The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 318 — Chess Star to Take on All Comers — Downey — Chess enthusiasts will have an opportunity to challenge International Grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at 8441 Firestone Blvd. Gligoric will take on all comers Read More

  • Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 170 — Chess: Confusion over THE Match by Harold Dondis — Confusion exists over the Fischer-Spassky match. For some time, the rumors flew thick that Boris Spassky would decline to play in Belgrade, the reason being the warm climate. It also was reported that Read More

March 20, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, March 20, 1972 - Page 9 — Chess Battle Starts June 22 — Amsterdam (AP) — The world chess title match between reigning champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and U.S. challenger Robert Fischer starts in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, June 22, it was decided Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Monday, March 20, 1972 - Page 10 — Belgrade To Be Site of Chess Tilt — Amsterdam (AP) — Chess officials decided today the world title match between champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and his U.S. Challenger Robert Fischer will begin in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Read More

  • Oroville Mercury Register Oroville, California Monday, March 20, 1972 - Page 4 — Test Your Knowledge by Wilton E. Hall — Robert James Fischer has been the United States champion in one of these fields…

March 21, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Tuesday, March 21, 1972 - Page 28 — Chess Federation Settles Details Of Championship — Amsterdam (UPI) — The International Chess Federation announced yesterday that technical details have been settled for the world championship match between Boris Spassky of the Read More

March 22, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Lowell Sun Lowell, Massachusetts Wednesday, March 22, 1972 - Page 66 — Chess Challengers Spar — Sydney (Reuter)—World champion chess player Boris Spassky of Russia and his American challenger Bobby Fischer are limbering up for their scheduled clash like a couple of heavyweight boxers, according to a top official. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Morning Record Meriden, Connecticut Wednesday, March 22, 1972 - Page 6 — Another World Series — There won't be any cheering from the stands, there won't be any hot dogs or beer sold, but the interest of the spectators and followers around the world will be no less fervid when the world series of chess opens later this Read More

March 24, 1972

Change of PaceChange of Pace Fri, Mar 24, 1972 – 4 · The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) · Newspapers.com
  • Chronological Permanent Link The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Friday, March 24, 1972 - Page 4 — Bobby Fischer Training At Resort For World Championship of Chess by Ann Hencken — Grossinger, N.Y. (AP) — Bobby Fischer, America's hope for the world chess championship, rushed into the vast, brightly lit dining room at Grossinger's, a giant Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey Friday, March 24, 1972 - Page 8 — Fischer Checked in Money Appeal — Belgrade (AP) — Organizers of the Fischer-Spassky championship chess match followed the lead of their colleagues in Iceland yesterday and turned down a request by Bobby Fischer for a change in financial conditions. Read More

Bobby Fischer of the United States, his [Spassky's] challenger for the world title, is probably now the most consistent player of all.

  • Permanent Link The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, March 24, 1972 - Page 48 — Chess by Al Horowitz — [Caption]: Korchnoi . . . an erratic chess star. When we say a chess player is in good form, we obviously mean something more than that he is momentarily successful. We mean that his games — those he wins, of course, but Read More

March 26, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, March 26, 1972 - Page 33 — Fischer Reported Quitting an Accord On Site for Match — Reykjavik, Iceland, March 25 (AP) — Bobby Fischer was reported today to have withdrawn from an earlier agreement to play the second half of his world title chess match here with the Soviet Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Times Herald Port Huron, Michigan Sunday, March 26, 1972 - Page 8 — Fischer Refuses Chess Title Game — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — U.S. chess wizard Bobby Fischer has informed local officials he will not play the second half of his world title match against the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky in Iceland, the president of Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, March 26, 1972 - Page 210 — Chess: Eleventh 'Chess Informant' Is Out by Al Horowitz — The eleventh number of the semi-annual Yugoslav “Chess Informant” (covering approximately the first six months of 1971) is now available in this country, but it is not, for a happy change, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, March 26, 1972 - Page 81 — Chess: One Against 25 by David D. McNicoll — … “…In June he will be traveling to Yugoslavia for the first session of the world championship series between Bobby Fischer of American and the titleholder Boris Spassky Read More

March 27, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Signal Santa Clarita, California Monday, March 27, 1972 - Page 2 — Those Americans — Yugoslav chess Grand Master Svetozar Gligoric (his friends call him Gligor) played 26 simultaneous games in Los Angeles last week. He galloped from board to board, pushing pawns and skipping knights. he lost one, won 23. Read More

March 28, 1972

  • The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Tuesday, March 28, 1972 - Page 5 — Fischer Baulks — Moscow, Monday — U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer has withdrawn his approval of Belgrade and Reykjavik as venues for his world chess championship match against the Soviet world champion Boris Spassky, Tass reported today.

  • Permanent Link The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, March 28, 1972 - Page 45 — Chess: What Are The Odds? by D.M. Le Dain — In the coming match for the world championship between champion Boris Spassky and challenger Bobby Fischer, a psychological factor is the fact that in their five previous tourney games, Spassky has won Read More

March 29, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sacramento Bee Sacramento, California Wednesday, March 29, 1972 - Page 33 — U.S. Chess Champ Rejects Belgrade For Title Play — Belgrade (AP) — American chess wizard Bobby Fischer rejected Belgrade yesterday as one of the two sites in which he is willing to meet the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky for the world Read More

March 30, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Central New Jersey Home News New Brunswick, New Jersey Thursday, March 30, 1972 - Page 30 — They Just Want The Check, Mates — The one-time “enfant terrible” of chess, Bobby Fischer, has replaced temper tantrums with dollar deliriums. But for one raised in capitalist United States, that's not strange. Fischer, who Read More

  • Permanent Link The Terre Haute Tribune Terre Haute, Indiana Thursday, March 30, 1972 - Page 30 — Younger Players Wonder How They Will Get Home by Milton Richman — New York (UPI)-Remember when ballplayers came to play? Now they come to strike or sue. The two procedures have grown to become almost standard practice. Nobody bats an eye over Read More

March 31, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska Friday, March 31, 1972 - Page 3 — Belgrade Won't Set Up Chess Match — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — The Belgrade organizers of the Spassky-Fischer world chess match announced Friday they are dropping plans to organize the match in the scheduled period in this city. The contract Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Friday, March 31, 1972 - Page 18 — Fischer Seen Still Set to Play Match — New York (AP) — E.B. Edmondson, head of the U.S. Chess Federation, who has been negotiating arrangements for Bobby Fischer's world championship match with Boris Spassky, said yesterday Read More

  • The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Friday, March 31, 1972 - Page 4 — Chess Match Snagged Again — Belgrade— A compromise plan to hold half of the world chess-title matches here beginning June 22 appears to have been scuttled already. Yugoslav organizers say they don't have time to arrange the contest between Soviet world Read More

Political Smear Campaign: These articles are part of politically-motivated propaganda spanning 1960's till Fischer's death in 2008. Some sources cited; Ralph Ginzburg (sued by Presidential Candidate Barry Goldwater for defamation); Ronald Gross claimed to ‘move to New York’ to substantiate his rumors but GM Isaac Kashdan in L.A. Times meticulously documents the Gross' S. California residency.)
News articles lacking in journalistic integrity
Erroneous Pro-Soviet Propaganda about Selection of the Site and Ad Hominem Smear Campaign / Spassky wasn't even present when the Soviet delegates chose the location and it was widely suspected in 1972, the Soviets chose Reykjavik to limit coverage.

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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