New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 19 — Fischer's Appeal On Forfeit Fails Chess Panel Upholds Ruling Giving Second Game in Match to Spassky by Harold C. Schonberg — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 14—A four man committee voted today to uphold the decision of Lothar Schmid, the referee in the world chess championship match here, that Bobby Fischer, the American challenger, had forfeited yesterday's game to Boris Spassky, the Soviet titleholder.
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Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 2 — Is Robert Fischer and Chess Lovers Getting Rooked by Soviet Schemes? Fischer Cools It in Iceland — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI)—The organizers of the troubled Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world chess championship match fear that the $250,000 match for the world title is already over ([and that's how the Soviets wanted it]), informed chess sources said today.
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Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 172 — A Blackout on Chess Coverage From Moscow, Too? Citizens Back Criticism — Either way, the average Russian privately agrees with his government controlled (censored) newspapers. For months the Soviet press has criticized the American challenger as “a money grubbing businessman” ([After Belgrade forfeited hosting the tournament, and Euwe issued statement that bidding would go “first come, first serve” and Australia placed its legal $225K bid, with $200,000 allotted for prize money and a mere $25,000 necessary for organizers expenses, which was snubbed by Soviet Imperial Russia, threatening they “would not allow Spassky to play”. Fischer having seen the honest dollar value of himself and the match vs the actual cost of organizing the match, surely should've seized on his rightful opportunity!]), a chess player who carries around with him “a disgusting spirit of gain.” (any more disgusting than the greedy spirit of gain, exhibited by Belgrade when the Soviet backed a deplorable, illegal demand for “$35,000 guarantee” knowing the US Chess Federation would never produce it?])
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The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu, Hawaii Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 29 — Business is Hopping at Chess Counter — New York — (UPI) — Bobby Fischer may be a nuisance to international chess officials but he's a real bonanza to makers of chess pieces and boards and instructors in the ancient game. Stores in New York City, where there is a big foreign-born population, reported sales of chessmen and boards and books about chess began soaring weeks before the match between Fischer and the Russian world champion, Boris Spassky, started. The chess men, often with matching boards, sell for anywhere from $5 to $1,000 and occasionally the finer antique shops of Fifty-Seventh Street of upper Madison Avenue have even more expensive sets.
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The Marion Star Marion, Ohio Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 1 — Chess Title Match May Be Off Again: Iceland/Soviets Threatening Prize Money — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — Organizers of the world chess championship have made a new concession to Bobby Fischer ([which is not “New” because it was already in the rules, as stated by Col. Edmondson, “Under agreed rules of the match, [Fischer] had the right to object and to demand removal of the cameras if they disturbed him.”]), but the competition still appears to be on the brink of collapse.
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The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 4 — Chess Match Still in Doubt — Reykjavik (Reuter) — Bobby Fischer, U.S. challenger for the world chess title, kept everyone guessing about his intentions today with the third game in his match against the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky a day away. Whether or not he plans to continue the match—two games down and with Spassky playing white on Sunday—is unclear not only to the organizers and the public but, it also seems, to Fischer's own lawyers, friends and advisers here. “It is impossible to predict what is going to happen,” the challenger's second, Rev. William Lombardy, said at midnight Friday. “I simply do not know what he plans to do,” said Fred Cramer, Fischer's chief administrative assistant.
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Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 40 — Chess King — Chess champion George Koltanowski analyzes the Spassky-Fischer World Chess Championship in a series of weekly half-hour reviews beginning Sunday at 5:30 p.m. on KLRN-TV, Channel 9. Koltanowski set the world record in simultaneous blindfolded chess play in a 1937 exhibit in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 16 — Fischer Walks Alone — Bobby Fischer, the American chess expert, strolls out of his hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, at dawn Friday after talks with Chester Fox, who holds the filming rights to Fischer's world championship series with Russia's Boris Spassky. Fischer boycotted Thursday's game because of the presence of cameras ([and disruptive men operating the cameras, in crews up to three men.])
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The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 4 — Try to Lure Fischer: Closed-Door Chess Proposal — Reykjavik, Iceland — (UPI) — In a desperate attempt to get American challenger Bobby Fischer to continue his world chess championship match against Boris Spassky, the match committee proposed today that the match be played in a closed room with only the players and judges present. Judge Lothar Schmid of Germany said, after meeting with Fischer's aides, that any player can request the game be moved from the 3000-seat chess hall to a closed backstage room if he is disturbed by crowd noise.
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Star Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 6 — Chess Officials May Bar TV to Save Match — The Rev. William Lombardy, Fischer's second, discounted rumors that the American chessmaster was flying home. “I haven't heard anything about that and I hope it's not true,” Father Lombardy said. “Everything is still up in the air. We have settled nothing so far.” In a seven-page letter to Schmid, Fischer said he was told that the cameras would be silent and invisible but “nothing could have been farther from the facts.” In his letter, he asserted: “The bungling unknowns who claimed to be professional cameramen were clumsy, rude and deceitful. The only thing invisible, silent and out of sight was the fairness on the part of the organizers.
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The Leader-Post Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 11 — Chess Championship Game May Be Moved — Reykjavik, Iceland (Reuter) — The organizers of the trouble-hit world chess championship Saturday offered to move the match temporarily into a secluded back room of the playing hall to ensure that American challenger Bobby Fischer continues play. Fischer has complained that backstage television cameras distract him in the main hall. But in the back room they would not be present. The organizers' plan was disclosed to the American side at an emergency meeting Saturday—the day before the third game of the series is due to begin. Apart from Fischer and world champion Boris Spassky, only the two match arbiters and three other functionaries would be allowed in the back room during play.
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Tucson Daily Citizen Tucson, Arizona Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 18 — Justifiable Walkouts Over Organizers' Many Mischiefs, Frequent in Fischer's Career — New York (AP)—So Bobby Fischer has walked out on another chess match. So what else is new? Any ideas that the chess wizard of the checkered board had mellowed or outgrown his refusal to compromise on his demand for higher standards were dashed Thursday when he failed to show up for his game against world champion Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland. Long before the current imbroglio, Fischer, 28, was internationally famous for his chess genius and refusal to be pushed around by pushy organizers, or leaders of state. Ask Fidel Castro.
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Tulare Advance-Register Tulare, California Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 6 — Another Chess Game Awaiting a Decision
The Brattleboro Reformer Brattleboro, Vermont Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 4 — Quotes — 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.
The El Dorado Times El Dorado, Arkansas Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 4 — Pro Fischer — On Wednesday, July 12, I was shocked by an article on your editorial page. Under the column “The News-Times Forum” appeared an editorial which was obviously written to win awards for poor taste. Perhaps if the author had collected his wits before setting his pen to the paper this article would not have been so supercilious or so abounding in ignorance. The article began with a personal smear of Bobby Fischer apparently because his behavior did not conform to your code-of-conduct for an ideal person. It was said that Fischer's demand for more money was “super-arrogant nonsense” to everyone but himself. Apparently, others, besides myself do not feel this way since Fischer's demand for more money was met.
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The Star Press Muncie, Indiana Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 16 — WIPB Program to Review Fischer-Spassky Match — Each Monday at 6:30 p.m. for as long as the match continues, chess champion George Koltanowski and reporter Jim Benet will review the previous week's games and events in the controversial world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu, Hawaii Sunday, July 16, 1972 - Page 85 — 'We Take You Now to Reykjavik' —Washington (UPI) — “Good evening. This is Frank Gifford, along with Don Meredith and Howard Cosell, bringing you, live and in color, the World Championship Chess Match. We'll be back with the exciting second year of play in just a moment. But first, this message…
“Frank Gifford back with you in the broadcast booth overlooking the chess board in Reykjavik, Iceland. I'll be describing the move-by-move action when play is resumed. And here with the highlights of the exciting first year of the match is my colleague, Howard Cosell.”
“Thanks, Frank. The first year ended with the Russian champion, Boris “Crazy Rooks” Spassky, leading the American challenger, ‘Bounding Bobby’ Fischer, three games to two. But one gets the impression the players have only been feeling each other out here in the early years of the match.
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu, Hawaii Sunday, July 16, 1972 - Page 85 — Third Chess Game Will Start Today — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — Chief arbiter Lothar Schmid said last night television cameras cannot be removed ([Really?! Is that so? This is no doubt why Robert Fischer called Schmid, a “liar” because according to the man who helped draft the rule, “Under agreed rules of the match, [Fischer] had the right to object and to demand removal of the cameras if they disturbed him.” -Col. Edmund Edmondson, USCF]) from the Reykjavik chess hall as American challenger Bobby Fischer has demanded and the third game of the world chess championship will be played today as scheduled.
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Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Sunday, July 16, 1972 - Page 6 — Private Spassky-Fischer Chess Match Proposed — Reykjavik (UPI) — In a final attempt to get Bobby Fischer to return to the chess board, the world championship match committee proposed Saturday that Sunday's game in his contest with Russia's Boris Spassky be played privately with only the players and judges present. That way the American challenger would escape the TV cameras in the chess hall. He refused to play the second game Thursday because the organizers would not remove the cameras ([the men operating the cameras]) which he said distracted him. But Arbiter Lothar Schmid of West Germany and other chess officials said they were still pessimistic about the possibility of continuing the match, in which Spassky leads, 2-0, after beating the American in the first game and winning the second by default. ([So, remove the obstacles created by Soviets such as disruptive camera men and let's see what Fischer is capable of.])
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Kingsport Times-News Kingsport, Tennessee Sunday, July 16, 1972 - Page 29 — Chess - Isolation May Save Match — Reykjavik (UPI) — In a final attempt to get Bobby Fischer to return to the chess board, the world championship match committee proposed Saturday that Sunday's game in his contest with Russia's Boris Spassky be played private with only the players and judges present. That way the American challenger would escape the TV cameras in the chess hall. He refused to play the second game Thursday because the organizers would not remove the cameras ([and disruptive crews of men disruptively operating the cameras]) which he said distracted him.
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Star Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota Sunday, July 16, 1972 - Page 63 — Cable Options — “…The imported stations' material will generally be second rate, agreed. But the broadcasters' worries come with cable potential to serve many audiences with programs of ‘limited base appeal.’ Some systems are carrying all the Fischer-Spassky chess matches, an impossibility for broadcast stations, yet entirely possible when you have 20 to 50 channels available. Cable's strength is in “narrow casting” to specialized audiences, and this strength will be only slightly diminished by lack of polish…”
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Lubbock, Texas Sunday, July 16, 1972 - Page 41 — ★ — “I never thought I would live long enough to say that a World Championship Chess match would be more unpredictable than a Democratic National Convention. But this was the case this year. Bobby Fischer, the American chess wizard, is an individualist and he kept everyone guessing from day to day.”
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Argus-Leader Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sunday, July 16, 1972 - Page 15 — Chess Being Promoted by Enthusiasts in Sioux Falls by Gary Deguise, Argus-Leader Staff Writer — Quiet … nothing but quiet for over four hours. Then, white makes a move and “checkmate.” The audience and players sigh with relief. They are all totally exhausted from concentrating constantly for those four hours. The scene was the South Dakota Chess Tournament recently held in Pierre, where three Sioux Falls persons claimed the top three positions. And these three persons belong to the Sioux Falls Chess Club, are members of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) and are working hard toward building up a club in Sioux Falls that could sponsor chess tourneys.
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The Daily Herald Provo, Utah Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 9 — Chess Game Returns To Main Sports Hall — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — Referee Lothar Schmid today upheld a protest from champion Boris Spassky and moved the adjourned third game of the $250,000 world chess championships back into Reykjavik's main sports hall, despite American challenger Bobby Fischer's earlier objections to it. The Rev. William Lombardy, Fischer's second, said the 29-year-old challenger would be at the board when the game was scheduled to resume today. “Why shouldn't he? Bobby is going to win this game,” Lombardy said after a two-hour emergency meeting with the match committee and representatives for the Russian camp. Spassky holds a 2-0 lead in the match but Fischer had a one pawn advantage and a stronger attacking position when the third game adjourned Sunday after 41 moves. Most experts gave Fischer the edge to take the game.
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The Town Talk Alexandria, Louisiana Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 15 — Fischer Takes Lead In 3rd Chess Game by Jim Ward, — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — For a final 30 seconds Bobby Fischer towered over the chess board. Then he allowed himself a rare smile, collected his pencils and walked out of the room Sunday after one of the most dramatic days in world championship chess. Minutes earlier world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union had completed his 41st move and left the room, pensive and worried. The third game in the 24-match world championship was adjourned with the 29-year-old American challenger in a commanding position. The match resumes at 5 p.m. (1 a.m. EDT) today. U.S. grandmaster Robert Byrne looked up from a pocket chess board and said: “He (Spassky) is almost finished. I cannot see Bobby letting him slip out of the rope. He (Fischer) has the advantage of a pawn and is in a very strong attacking position.”
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The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 18 — A Daring Move Wins for Fischer — Reykjavik, Iceland — (AP) — Bobby Fischer scored his first victory in the world chess championship against Boris Spassky today with a move he had sealed in an envelope. Spassky, Russian titleholder, resigned the third game playoff before Fischer showed up. Fischer had sealed his 41st move in the envelope yesterday after Spassky called for an adjournment. it was bishop to queen six, a move most grand masters here had predicted would be the decisive one for the game. It left the score in the 24-game match at 2-1 in Spassky's favor. Spassky won the second game by forfeit.
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The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 22 — ★ — Ch. 2 is picking up completion of the Spassky-Fischer chess match of yesterday this afternoon at 1, but a decision on whether they have enough donations to continue simulated coverage of the remaining competition was being delayed until sometime today… The money goal had been $3500…
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The Pocono Record Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 11 — Chess Master Recalls Duels With Fischer By Bruce Posten —Canadensis — Arthur Feuerstein, a 36-year-old Brooklyn native, had the distinct honor of playing and beating United States Chess Champion Bobby Fischer in the U.S. Junior Chess Championship in 1956. Feuerstein, vacationing at Spruce Hill Farms in Canadensis, has known Fischer since his early high school days and has played in several tournaments with the professional. “The last time I played Fischer,” said Feuerstein, a national grand master in chess, “was either in 1970 or 1971, when we competed in a speed chess tournament. Fischer won 21 games out of a possible 22 and was well on his way to national and international fame.”
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New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 25 — Fischer Turns Unorthodox Move Into an Attack by Al Horowitz — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 16 — For the second time in two games, the American challenger for the world chess title has made a move that set match-watchers on their ear. Unlike the unexpected move in the first game,however, this one turned out to be the precursor of a powerful attack. Both times, Bobby Fischer had the black side—normally the side on the defensive — and both times he made attacking moves. In his first game with Boris Spassky, he seemed to be moving into a draw when he played the astounding 29 … BxKRP.
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The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 3 — Spassky Objects to Playing Series in Backstage Room — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI)—World chess champion Boris Spassky of Russia today protested against the playing conditions in a back-stage table-tennis room for the 24-game playoff against American Bobby Fischer. Referee Lothar Schmid called an emergency meeting to discuss the latest snag in the on-again—off-again $250,000 world championship match. The third game, which was adjourned Sunday, was scheduled to resume today at 5 p.m. (1 p.m. EDT). Spassky holds a 2-0 lead in the match but Fischer had a one pawn advantage and a stronger attacking position when the third game was adjourned after 41 moves. Most experts gave Fischer the edge to take the game.
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The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 2 — Fischer Leads in 3d Game from Wire Services — Bobby Fischer returned to the chess board yesterday in a game that was adjourned with the American challenger apparently holding the edge over the Russian world champion, Boris Spassky. If Mr. Fischer wins when the game resumes today—and there are few chess experts here who doubt that he will—it will put him back in the running for the championship. Mr. Spassky now leads, 2-0. Mr. Spassky had five pawns at adjournment, Mr. Fischer six. Each retained a queen and a bishop in addition to his king, but Mr. Fischer was reported in a strong position for mate. The game was played in an upstairs room with no spectators present.
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The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 5 — Fischer Holds Edge in 3rd Chess Game — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — The third game of the world chess championship adjourned Sunday night after 5 hours and 18 minutes of play with challenger Bobby Fischer apparently holding the edge. The Rev. William Lombardy, Fischer's second and an American grandmaster, said Soviet titleholder Boris Spassky was “in a bad position. He a pawn down.” Spassky had five pawns at adjournment, Fischer six. Each retained a queen and a bishop in addition to his king. The game will be resumed Monday. The American challenger never has beaten Spassky. Before this match he had lost three games to the Russian playing back and drawn two when he played white and had the first move. He lost the opening game of the championship playing black ([due to disruptive men operating the cameras]), as he is in the third game.
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New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 1, 25 — Fischer Presses His Lead As 3d Game Is Adjourned by Harold C. Schonberg — Reykjavik, July 16 — Bobby Fischer decided to play the scheduled third game of the world championship chess match with Boris Spassky. The game was adjourned after five hours in a position favorable to the American challenger. The day was another turbulent one in this match, which —had everything gone smoothly—would have been up to the seventh game instead of the third. The site of the game was moved from the 2,300-seat Exhibition Hall to a closed, private room. The referee said he had made the switch—for this game only—“just to save the match” ([a lot of crowing from the man who was the ring leader of Soviet meddling to upset the match! “Under agreed rules of the match, [Fischer] had the right to object and to demand removal of the cameras if they disturbed him.” -Col. Edmond Edmondson, USCF]) following Fischer's ([justifiable protests well within his rights!])
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Fitchburg Sentinel Fitchburg, Massachusetts Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 8 — Fischer Remembered As “Courteous, Friendly, and Carried Himself As a Perfect Gentleman” — Fitchburg, Massachusetts (AP) Bobby Fischer, the American chess grandmaster playing for the world championship in Iceland, is remembered as “a perfect gentleman” by men who played him in 1964. The remembrance came from Fischer's appearance in March 1964 (for a $250 honorarium) at the Wachusett Chess Club. Fischer took on 56 opponents at one time, and over 45 minutes beat 49, lost to five and had two draws. Clarence A. Barber of Holden, one of the five who defeated Fischer, said the master was “courteous, friendly and carried himself as a perfect gentleman.” When it became apparent to Fischer that he was going to lose, Fischer “took a long look at the board, looked at me, then said ‘Congratulations’ shook my hand and went on to the next board.” Barber said.
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The Bangor Daily News Bangor, Maine Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 6 — Game Adjourned, Fischer Leading by Ian Westergren — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI)—The third game of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world chess championship match was adjourned Sunday with the American challenger one pawn ahead after 40 moves. Fischer and the world champion began the third game of their $250,000 challenge match Sunday in a small room with only the judges present. The moves were relayed to an audience in an adjacent hall by closed-circuit television. Experts said Fischer's position after 30 moves was superior to Spassky's but that the two grand masters were equal. Fischer led in time allotted with nearly a 2-1 advantage toward the close of Sunday's session.
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Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 4 — Chess Federation To Appeal Forfeit by Dr. Leroy Dubeck, President U.S. Chess Federation — Bobby Fischer's move 11 in game three was an opening innovation which undoubtedly surprised Boris Spassky. The adjourned position should be an easy win for the American grandmaster. This would mean that Spassky would lead two points to one. However, one of Spassky's wins was by forfeit since Fischer refused to play Thursday due to the presence of TV cameras which he claimed were distracting him.
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The News Journal Wilmington, Delaware Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 2 — Edge Bobby's--But Will He Play in Hall? — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP)—Bobby Fischer goes into the playoff of the third game of the world chess championship today holding the initiative over titleholder Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The American challenger, after keeping the match in limbo with protests against ([disruptive men operating]) TV and movie cameras, forced the start of the third game yesterday to a private room offstage. Spassky threw the competition into doubt early today by saying he would refuse to play again in the private room. Chief Referee Lothar Schmid announced shortly after noon, however, that the adjourned game would go on in the main hall where the 24-game match began last Tuesday.
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The Alliance Daily Times-Herald Alliance, Nebraska Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer Wins Chess Game — Reykjavik (AP) — World chess champion Boris Spassky resigned the third game against Bobby Fischer on today five minutes after the clock was switched on to resume their adjourned game. Referee Lothar Schmid opened Fischer's sealed 41st move. It was bishop to queen six. Fischer was not in sight. Spassky waited only minutes, and knocked over his king, giving the game to Fischer.
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The Sumter Daily Item Sumter, South Carolina Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 12 — Third Game — UPI chart shows the moves in the third game of the Boris Spasky-Bobby Fischer world chess championship. Chess experts give Fischer a 70 per cent chance of winning (UPI).
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The Sumter Daily Item Sumter, South Carolina Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 12 — After 41st Move — Artist's drawing depicts chess board in Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky World Championship game in Reykjavik, Iceland, Sunday, after Spassky made his 41st move. Fischer's 41st move remains sealed in an envelope to be opened when the game resumes today. Experts say U.S. challenger Fischer appears to be headed for his first win against Spassky, of the Soviet Union. (UPI)
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Carroll Daily Times Herald Carroll, Iowa Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 30 — Fischer Gains Chess Initiative From Russian — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP)—American challenger Bobby Fischer forced the third game of the world chess championships off the stage and into a private room ([actually, that choice was made by the organizers and offer extended to Bobby, according to other sources]), gained the initiative from Russian titleholder Boris Spassky and was given a good chance to win when play resumes today. But the future of the competition remained in suspense as aides of Spassky warned that the Soviet champion would refuse to play any additional games in the private room. Play continues at 1 p.m. EDT with the referee opening a sealed envelope in which Fischer wrote out his 41st move at Sunday's adjournment.
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Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 2 — Spassky Concedes 3rd Game as Chess Turmoil Continues — Reykjavik (Reuter)—The chaotic world chess championship appeared to be in jeopardy once again today after a decision to move play back to the main auditorium. The ruling came just as American challenger Bobby Fischer seemed poised for the first win of his career over titleholder Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, who requested that the adjourned third game be moved to the main hall.
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The South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 5 — Lakefront Fischers — Chess players in the open-air chess pavilion along the lake in Lincoln Park, Chicago, provided these studies in thought Sunday. AP Press Wirephoto
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The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 1 — Commanding Position Held by Fischer by Ian Westergren — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — The third game of the world chess championship match was adjourned after 40 moves Sunday and experts said U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer appeared to be headed for his first win against world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. Spassky was in trouble as he pondered his 41st move. After he made it, he got up and left the table. Fischer remained in his black leather swivel chair for 10 minutes pondering his response and then filed it in an envelop to be opened when play resumes at 5 p.m. (1 p.m. EDT) Monday. Fischer ended the five-hour playing session Sunday on the attack. He forced two queen checks in the 38th and 39th moves. “Bobby has a chance to win this game,” said Robert Byrne, a U.S. grand master. “He is a pawn ahead. The only problem is that they have bishops of different (board) colors which is a complication.”
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Newsday (Nassau Edition) Hempstead, New York Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 73 — Position at Adjournment — The position at adjournment is displayed here, on a more prosaic board than one in use in Reykjavik: Fischer black, Spassky white. Each player retains a bishop and a queen, but Fischer has six pawns to Spassky's five.
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The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 9 — Bobby Seems Headed For First Victory In World Chess Tourney — Reykjavik, Iceland(UPI)—The third game of the world chess championship match was adjourned after 40 moves yesterday and experts said United States challenger Bobby Fischer appeared to be headed for his first win against world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. When they left the board, Fischer, who still must play his 41st move, had six pawns, his queen and the white bishop. Spassky, with one move more than Fischer, had five pawns, his queen and black bishop.
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The Charlotte Observer Charlotte, North Carolina Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 1 — Tell-It Line: If You're Turned On by Fischer vs. Spassky, Here's a Beginner's Chess Tournament For You — How can I get into a chess tournament? I'm 11 years old, and so far I play only with my father. I usually beat him. I guess the Bobby Fischer- Boris Spassky match has me all excited. D.L., Charlotte.
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The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 6 — Fischer's On The Threshold of First Win Over Spassky — Reykjavik, Iceland — U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer was on the threshold today of his first victory in the world chess championship match. Defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, ahead 2-0 in games, was in serious trouble at adjournment on the 41st move of Sunday's game. He was a pawn down and very nearly enmeshed in a mating net. After adjournment, however, the champion's aides warned match organizers that Spassky would not play again in the small upstairs room of Reykjavik's sports hall, where the first stage of the third game was played.
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The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer Scores First Victory — Sealed Move Defeats Spassky—Reykjavik, Iceland — Bobby Fischer won his first game ever from world chess champion Boris Spassky today — and he wasn't even present. The controversial U.S. grandmaster was still en route to the sports hall here when Spassky resigned their adjourned third game in the protest-plagued world chess title series. The game had been adjourned Sunday night with Fischer in a commanding position over the Soviet champion. Today, when chief referee Lothar Schmid opened Fischer's sealed, 41st move, Spassky pondered his hopeless position for a few minutes then tipped over his king to signify defeat. The move, B-Q6ch, was the obvious one and further enmeshed Spassky in mating net. As spectators in the main hall set in silence, Spassky walked off the stage.
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The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu, Hawaii Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 46 — Play by Play for a Chess Fan — To local fans, yesterday's chess match between Russian world champion Boris Spassky and American challenger Bobby Fischer was the most important world event of the day. For some three hours, an enthusiastic local chess player sat in the Honolulu office of United Press International watching the play by play chess moves come over the teletype machines from Reykjavik, Iceland, where the games are being played. Glenn Kageyama meticulously plotted each player's moves on miniature chess boards using small rubber stamps depicting chess pieces. As the hours slipped by, he saw the game of masters develop more than 10,000 miles away.
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The Capital Times Madison, Wisconsin Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 17 — Fischer Plays In True Form by Pete Dorman (State Chess Champion) — The third game between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer has been adjourned in a position that looks like a win for the American challenger. Fischer is a pawn ahead, and Spassky will have to give up at least one more in order to save his threatened king. At last the true Bobby Fischer emerges; the chess wizard whose deadly accuracy cuts through the toughest opposition. This third game, after Bobby's first-round fiasco ([due to disruptive camera men who were both in plain sight and audible]) and his second-round forfeiture ([which was done out of nationalist bias for Soviet imperialism by Anti-American Icelandic organizers and a Soviet opposed to 1 American representative on the deciding committee]), marks the real start of the match.
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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 10 — Fischer In Dominant Position as 3rd Chess Game Adjourns —Reykjavik, Iceland—The third game of the world chess championship between titleholder Boris Spassky and U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer was adjourned Sunday night with the American in a commanding position. If the challenger triumphs today—and there are few experts here who doubt that he will—it will be his first victory over the Russian and will put him back in the running for the championship. Success seemed near for Fischer at the end of a day in which he was on the point of abandoning the contest after a series of disputes. Play was adjourned on the 41st move. The next move, which is Fischer's, has been written on a piece of paper and sealed in an envelope. The game was held in an upstairs room behind the stage of the Reykjavik exhibition hall to ensure that the U.S. champion would appear.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 8 — Letters to the Editor: Challenging Game — To the Editor: Cheers for publishing the first game of the Spassky-Fischer match. You can hardly imagine how much chess players appreciate being able to play over the games soon after they take place. Chessplayers are a small minority — some say a misguided minority. Sir Walter Scott pointed out that the time spent learning to play chess could be spent learning a foreign language. Yet chess is a wonderful game, and those who do not play do not know what they miss.
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The Guardian London, Greater London, England Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 18 — Novel Fischer Move by a Correspondent — After 20 moves of the third game of his match with Spassky, Fischer looked set to pull off his victory: but whatever the outcome, his startling conception on his 11th move makes all the haggling seem worthwhile. Fischer's imaginative 29th move in the first game, be it good or bad, will be much talked about by all future generations of chess players. In this game, he has produced an exciting innovation the validity of which will be closely scrutinized in the next few months.
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Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque, New Mexico Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 1 — Good Morning — Fischer, In Iceland, Melts His Icy Demeanor And Puts Heat On His Red Opponent—And the Pawns Fall.
The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 1 — Victory for Fischer? — Experts feel U.S. chess master Bobby Fischer will beat Russian champion Boris Spassky in the third match of their 24-game world series when the two resume play today. Fischer, who has never beaten Spassky, has the next move. Fischer is playing the black pieces, Spassky the white. (UPI telephoto).
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Evening Standard London, Greater London, England Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 11 — What Fischer Can Do For A Victory by Leonard Barden — CAN Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky with his extra pawn? This was the question facing the battlers in the world chess championship fight as Fischer planned his next move and a hint of trouble came from the Russian camp. The hint of trouble centres on the venue of play. The Russians want to return to the main auditorium and away from the “little back room.” They threaten that the next game may be canceled if their request is not met. The Grand Masters are still arguing, but Fischer alone knows his next move, which he wrote down at last night's adjournment in Reykjavik, and sealed in an envelope. This envelope is now the hottest property in Reykjavik and will be guarded by the match referee, Lothar Schmid, until the game is resumed this evening.
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Evening Standard London, Greater London, England Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 6 — Fischer, The Pawn, And The Way To Victory — THE BIGGEST secret in the chess world is today tucked safely inside a sealed envelope. It's Bobby Fischer's next move in the third game of the world chess championship at Reykjavik against Russian Boris Spassky. Can challenger Fischer beat Spassky with his extra pawn?
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Cumberland Evening Times Cumberland, Maryland Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 15 — Tapping the Keg by J. Suter Kegg — THE BASEBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA is owned mostly by those who use it to look up an occasional record. The Jim Williams family of Clarysville keeps the huge book in their home only, it seems, to prove to others what it already knows.
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The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 6 — Soviet-Russian Imperialists Laugh To See Such Sport — Whether they win or lose the chess or the hockey, the Russians have thus far won the propaganda warfare that surrounds the games. Bobby Fischer's personal conduct ([in retaliation to Soviet muddling of pre-match organization]) in his approach to the chess match and the NHL's exclusive attitude to the building of an all-Canadian team have given momentary substance in the world's eyes to the classic communist invective that North America measures its civilization in money.
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Spokane Daily Chronicle Spokane, Washington Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 4 — It's Summer Fun in the Park — The intensity, if not the caliber of play, rivals that of grandmasters Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in a playground chess match at Edgecliff Park.
Daily News New York, New York Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 2 — Bobby and Boris Adjourn No. 3 by Robert Byrne — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 16—Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky adjourned the third round of their 24-game match for the world chess championship tonight with the brilliant 29-year-old challenger ahead by a pawn and holding strong winning chances. Chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany stopped play after Spassky had made his 41st move and Fischer had handed in his reply move in a sealed envelope. Not until an hour before game time was news sent that the American challenger intended to show up. He had threatened to walk out over the presence of ([disruptive crews of men disruptively operating]) the cameras, he had refused to play and forfeited last week's second game to the Soviet champion ([unfairly done, because a valid protest had been submitted before deadline, according to the rules by Fred Cramer, according to Fischer's lawyer, Paul Marshall]).
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The News-Messenger Fremont, Ohio, Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 12 — Summer Chess — Spurred by the Fischer-Spassky tournament in Reykjavik, interest in chess has received a boost. In Helsinki, Finland, chess is played outdoors during the summer. Vesa Ahlquist, 10, shows the technique in playing with modern- design chessmen weighing eight pounds. The game can be played as late as 3 a.m. during the northern country's lengthy summer days. (AP Wirephoto)
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The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 28 — One For Fischer — (UPI Telephoto) American chess challenger Bobby Fischer won his first game yesterday in the world championship match against Russian Boris Spassky. Fischer who had written out his first move after Sunday's adjournment, was not present as Spassky viewed the move, then conceded. Spassky leads the series two games to one. The next game starts this afternoon.
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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer Wins Third Game for His First Defeat of Spassky by Isaac Kashdan — Bobby Fischer defeated world chess champion Boris Spassky Monday in the third game of their $250,000 match in Reykjavik, Iceland, cutting the lead of the Russian champion to one point. Fischer was not in the room at the moment of victory. Spassky arrived … according to 7/18/1972 AP report, “Finally, Spassky strode onto the stage four minutes after the start of the clock.” and referee Lothar Schmid opened the envelope which Fischer had entrusted to him when the first session of the game ended. Spassky examined the move that Fischer had enclosed for his 41st turn. It was B-Q6ch. Spassky had evidently feared this reply. He gazed at the position on the board for several minutes, then stopped the clock in token of resignation.
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Daily News New York, New York Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 56 — HOOPla! — Jo Jo White, sensational Celtic guard, calls his new three-year contract “surprising.” Surprisingly good or surprisingly bad? “If it was bad, do you think I'd have signed?” he asks…The only unsigned veteran Knick is Bill Bradley, vacationing in Greece. President Ned Irish says, “I expect him to play one more year.” …Like most of us, Dick Barnett has been an observer of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky chess match. However, Barnett, an accomplished chess player, takes a sympathetic view of Fischer.
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The Times San Mateo, California Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 25 — Chess Duels Flourish In San Mateo County by John Horgan — Their heads are bent low as they ponder their martial moves. They murmur to one another as the hints of tactics and grand strategy become apparent. There is an aura of tension, a distinct feeling of combat, pervading this room. The action unfolds on the array of tables spread across the enclosure.
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The Fresno Bee The Republican Fresno, California Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 10 — Soliloquy — “Fischer and Spassky, by holding out for a record $250,000…May go down in chess history…As the Cheque Mates!” — Fails to elaborate on USSR selecting Anti-American, Racist Iceland who restricted entry of blacks and news coverage. Finicky, overbearing demands and complaints of European organizers who refused for months to work out details pre-match. Belgrade's illegal demand of 35K USD “guarantee” refused by USCF! Australia's legal $225K bid snubbed by Russia, threatening they &lduqo;would not play”. Schemes to disqualify Fischer and replace with Petrosian, etc.
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Aiken Standard Aiken, South Carolina Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 6 — Aiken Club on World Chess Championship by Dr. Lee Hyder —(Editor's note: The Fischer-Spassky World Chess Championship match has brought a renaissance to the ancient game. Yet, the various complications of such a match, the positions, the notation often escape the inexperienced player. The Aiken Chess Club has volunteered a series of articles to simplify the 24-game series. They will be written by Dr. Lee Hyder with collaboration of club members. Dr. Hyder, an SRP employee, is a former South Carolina state chess champion and ranks as an expert on the game.)
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Grand Prairie Daily News Grand Prairie, Texas Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer-Spassky: Chess Club Follows Title Game — Chess - a game somewhat regarded for the aloof and intellectual - may be taking on a new image in the United States. That is due to the fact an American, Bobby Fischer, is challenging world title holder Boris Spassky in Iceland. The United States has never before had a world champion in chess. However, the game has already attracted quite a following in the Grand Prairie area before the Fischer-Spassky duel made headlines. During the last school term there were more than 50 members of a chess club at South Grand Prairie High School and Jackson Junior High and another club at Adams Junior High. A few of the club members are following the game during the summer.
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The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer Win Apparent In Film Fight: Cameras Removed as Chess Resumes — Reykjavik (UPI) — Bobby Fischer, playing white for the first time, went after his second victory in his world championship chess match with Boris Spassky today after apparently winning his fight to have ([disruptive crews of men operating large, bulky]) television cameras removed from the hall. Fischer used the opening he traditionally employs whenever he has the first move of a game, advancing his king pawn two squares. Spassky, who has a 2-1 lead in match games, responded by setting off what is known as the Sicilian defence.
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The Sedalia Democrat Sedalia, Missouri Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 6 — World Chess Title Rides With Fischer — For the past several days the dateline of Reykjavik, Iceland, has been eclipsed by Miami Beach. But now that the Democratic National Convention has departed from center stage, we can turn our attention to the battle for the international chess title.
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The Guardian London, Greater London, England Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 4 — A Novel Win for Fischer by Leonard Barden — Bobby Fischer won the third game of the world chess title match in Reykjavik when Boris Spassky resigned as soon as the referee opened the envelop containing Fischer's sealed last move at the end of Tuesday's session and played 41. … B-Q6ch. Fischer was not in the hall when Spassky resigned. Whey did Spassky resign? After Fischer's check with the bishop, white checkmated no matter where he places his attacked king.
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The Guardian London, Greater London, England Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 4 — Classic Move by American by Michael Lake, Reykjavik, July 17. — Bobby Fischer scored a convincing victory over Boris Spassky here tonight in the third game of the 24-game world chess championship. Since Fischer was already two games down — one lost ([due to disruptive camera crews placed there by the Icelandic/Soviet Chess organizers]) and one forfeited in a blaze of controversy ([over the disruptive camera crews placed there by the Icelandic/Soviet Chess organizers]) — and since he was playing disadvantageously with black, his victory is all the more impressive and promises to make the contest what it was always billed to be — the match of the century.
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The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 23 — Bobby and Boris 'Show' Booms Chess-Sets Sales by John Greenwald — Twin Cities retailers say chess sets usually sell best during Christmas, along with checkers, Monopoly, and other board games. But the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky championship match seems to have caused an out-of-season run on chess sets in some stores. “We're almost sold out of sets,” said Arvilla Ohlgren, stationery department buyer for Powers Department Store on Nicollet Mall. Mrs. Ohlgren said the added sales probably are due to public interest in the 24-game Spassky-Fischer match being held in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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The South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 4 — A Woman Gets Into Chess — I'm just getting into chess so I've really been following the match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. I've never seen in any of the news stories how these chess tournaments get started. Also, since I'm a female and an advocate of women's lib, why's it always the men?— M.S., Niles, Michigan
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The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 100 — Chess Tests Brains and Patience by John Pennekamp — CHESS could well be the world's oldest “think” game. It is not a game for impatient persons and, in its upper elevations, expert levels, not even for persons of average patience. Much of the game, say the authorities, is “played off the board,” in an effort to upset your opponent's tranquility.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 6 — At Conventions, as in Chess... — Chess is traditionally a game of patience as well as endurance. Contestants match wits, eyeball-to-eyeball, not only for hours but for days. When playing time in a particularly close encounter reaches marathon proportions, participants usually recess, get a good night's sleep, and resume with clear heads the following day. Some old-timers say the best rule of thumb is to call it quits for the evening when there's no more beer in the refrigerator.
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Simpson's Leader-Times Kittanning, Pennsylvania Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 7 — Capitalistic Chess — Unfamiliar with the profit motive, the Russians were aghast at Bobby Fischer's dilatory approach to his world championship chess tournament with the titleholder, Boris Spassky, at Reykjavik, Iceland. Americans are much less concerned about the commercial aspects of Fischer's recent moves, accustomed as they are to that springtime phenomenon, the baseball holdout, and its most recent and broadest manifestation to date, the baseball strike. Still, there has to be latent admiration — even in Russia — for a brash young capitalist who not only put chess on the front pages of the world but also succeeded in doubling the purse to $250,000 — for an intellectual exercise. The sporting world may never be the same again.
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Daily News New York, New York Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 4 — Boris Sees Bobby's Move and Gives Up by Robert Byrne — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 17—Boris Spassky resigned game three of the world chess championship match to Bobby Fischer tonight without further play. The Russian world champion's lead was reduced to 2-1.
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The Age Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Tuesday, July 18, 1972 - Page 10 — Fischer Poised to Make it 2-1 by Michael Woodhams of the Melbourne Chess Club —Challenger Bobby Fischer put himself back in to the world championship match with Boris Spassky by establishing a commanding position at the adjournment of the third game. The game featured the first of the innovations prepared by the players and their aides.
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The Age Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 9 — “Actually, I'm not too keen on my terms either — 10 years in Siberia if I lose.”
The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 35 — The 2 Chess Games by Sydney J. Harris — There are two games called chess really — one is the game that persists in the popular imagination, and the other is the game that is played by experts over the board. The first game is tedious, abstruse and mathematical, presided over by Olympian graybeards with prodigious memories, infinite patience, and the uncanny ability to project a dozen moves ahead.
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The Age Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 10 — Aiming for 2-2 — Reykjavik, July 18—United States challenger Bobby Fischer, fresh from his first-ever victory over Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, is tipped to even the 24-game title series in the fourth game which begins here tonight. Fischer, trailing 1-2, will have the advantage of white's opening move for the first time in the match.
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The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 4 — Fourth Spassky-Fischer Game Ends in a Draw After 5 Hours by Michael Lake, 1972 Manchester Guardian — Reykjavik, Iceland—The fourth game of the world chess championship ended in a draw here Tuesday, after getting underway in a comparatively orderly manner although both Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky arrived late for the start of the game.
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The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 6 — Experts Seesaw With Ebb and Flow of Game by Sentinel Services —Running comments of world chess experts and reporters during the fourth game draw Tuesday at Reykjavik, Iceland, reflected the tenseness of the seesaw struggle. Dmitri Bjelica, Yugoslav commentator: Fischer is playing the Sozin attack to the Sicilian Defense and he knows more about it than anyone else in the world.
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The Guardian London, Greater London, England Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 26 — Spassky and Fischer Draw on the 45th by Leonard Barden — The fourth game of the world chess championship match in Reykjavik between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer finished in a draw last night on the 45th move. The game reached a completely level ending with bishops of opposite colors and four pawns on each side. Spassky now leads the 24-game series by 2½ points to 1½, with the next game scheduled for tomorrow night.
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Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 80 — Chicago Chess Addicts Find Lakefront Home by Frank Blatchford —Every afternoon when the weather's nice, Nathan Rochmes, who's in his fifties, grabs his plastic satchel and rushes out of his office as soon as the day's trading is over. At the chess pavilion he takes out the battered set of chessmen, a cushion for himself, and begins to play. One can't spend an hour watching the players without realizing that chess is more than a world championship match between Boris Spassky of Russia and Bobby Fischer of the United States.
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Daily News New York, New York Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 4 — (Soviets Wanted Media Blackout. Used Disruptive Camera Men to Achieve It.) Battle Ends in Draw by Robert Byrne — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 18—Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and Boris Spassky of Russia ended the fourth game of the world chess championship today in a draw after 45 moves and five hours. Fischer used the opening he almost always employs when he has the first move of the game, advancing his king's pawn two squares. Spassky, in a surprise start, used the Sicilian defense, which is Fischer's favorite.
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The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 11 — Fischer Fan — Sir: It is a great reflection on the intelligence of Windsor people when The Star editorial can sneer at Bobby Fischer who, it is still possible, could become the only world chess champ the English-speaking world has produced. Win or lose he is internationally a man of respect and stature but not, it seems in oh so smug Windsor. Shame. ([Most certainly so, due to Soviets influence in western media undermining the free press, suppressing accurate news accounts whilst unquestioning recycling of patent Soviet propaganda.])
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Rocky Mount Telegram Rocky Mount, North Carolina Wednesday, July 19, 1972 - Page 13 — Personally Speaking... by Ronnie Smith — That ancient, ancient game of chess is once more capturing the excitement of millions of fans across the world. With the world championship being played in Reykjavik, Iceland between champion Boris Spassky and challenger Bobby Fischer, small chessboards have sprung up in nearly every conceivable corner of the world.
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The Catholic Advance Wichita, Kansas Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 3 — Priest 'Second' To Fischer In Chess Playoff — Father William Lombardy, an International chess grandmaster in his own right is the “priest-behind-the-scene” at the world's most publicized chess match being held at Reykjavik, Iceland. A longtime friend of American chess whiz Bobby Fischer, the 34-year-old New York archdiocesan priest and Bronx high school teacher is serving as second, adviser and game analyst to the American chess champion in his match with Boris Spassky of Russia, the current world champion. Like Fischer, Father Lombardy was at an early age a budding chess prodigy - - the New York State champion at 16 and world junior chess champion at 19 - - but he later decided to enter the priesthood. A teacher of English and religion at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, Father Lombardy still participates in chess tournaments and is the author of a book on the game. (RNS Photo)
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The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 2 — Silence To Reign In Chess Game — Reykjavik (UPI) — Organizers of the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess championship Wednesday said they hoped television cameras would be back in the hall for Thursday's fifth game. Workers built sound-proof boxes at the entrances to the playing hall during the afternoon to block the sound of clattering dishes and voices from a nearby cafeteria. German judge Lothar Schmid said he heard noises during Tuesday's fourth game.
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The York Dispatch York, Pennsylvania Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer Quiet: Chess Match Begins With No Word of Protest — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky sit down at the chess board again today. But this time it is different—Fischer isn't threatening to walk out. The fifth game of the 24-game world chess championship match began this afternoon, with titleholder Spassky, a 35-year-old Russian, playing white—which means he makes the first move.
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Tucson Daily Citizen Tucson, Arizona Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 1 — 'The Big Game' Ain't Baseball by Judith Terlizzi, Citizen Staff Writer — When your neighbor asks about today's game, chances are good that the contest he's referring to was played in Iceland, not Yankee Stadium. The Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world chess championship tournament has local tongues tripping over “Reykjavik,” and local hands dusting off chess boards and sweeping chess books off store shelves.
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The Amarillo Globe-Times Amarillo, Texas Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 1 — Psychological Nonsense — The psychological warfare at the Fischer-Spassky chess match in Iceland is mild ([says who? So far threats have been made on the lives of Fischer, his entourage and the “foreign” press. Underhanded tricks and malicious schemes by Soviets have scarcely been mentioned in press, albeit, real as they are. The location cherrypicked by the Soviet is notoriously Anti-American and Racist for starters, and certainly no “accident” The underhanded contract suppressing fair coverage, and inhospitality toward all world media is no mere “coincidence”]) compared to some encounters in the history of the game.
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The Shreveport Journal Shreveport, Louisiana Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer, Spassky Begin Fifth Game — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — The fifth game of the $250,000 world championship chess match started on schedule today—without the television cameras opposed by American Bobby Fischer. Sources in New York said a tentative agreement was reached earlier in the day permitting the ([CLOSED-CIRCUIT, automatic, un-manned, stationary]) cameras to record the event. Icelandic organizers said they were 90 per cent certain the cameras would be allowed back in the hall for today's game. ([But the Soviets do not want the tournament filmed under any circumstances. Their humiliating defeat must be censored via media blackout without exception.])
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Chippewa Herald-Telegram Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 16 — Fischer 'Only Just Started': No Protests During Fifth Game of Chess Title Match — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky sit down at the chess board again today. But this time it is different—Fischer isn't threatening to walk out. ([if that's so, it's because Soviets aren't forcing disruptive men with cameras in Fischer's face to throw his concentration off balance]). The fifth game of the 24-game world chess championship match begins at 5 p.m. (1 p.m. EDT) with titleholder Spassky, a 35-year-old Russian playing white—which means he makes the first move.
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Des Moines Tribune Des Moines, Iowa Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 21 — Des Moines Chess Players Excited About Publicity - They're Watching Spassky-Fischer Match Closely by Stephen Gross — DEDICATED Des Moines chess players are excited about all the publicity the game has been getting lately, but the general public seems to be greeting the whole thing calmly. Members of the Des Moines Chess Club, headquartered at the YMCA, and local high schools teams that compete around the state and sometimes the nation are following the international championship between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and American Bobby Fischer enthusiastically.
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu, Hawaii Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 6 — Fischer Wins, Evens Series With Spassky — Reykjavik (UPI) — U.S. grand master Bobby Fischer tonight forced world champion Boris Spassky to resign on his 28th move and won the fifth game of the world chess championship. Fischer's surprise victory in what had been an even game through 22 moves evened the score in the 24-game, $250,000 world championship at 2½ games each. Fischer played his 27th move, a bishop to his queen rook five, and Spassky looked intently at the table for a full minute. Then the Russian looked up at Fischer and held out his hand. The crowd packed in the grand hall went wild, stomping their feet, clapping hands and yelling “Bobby, Bobby.”
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The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 3 — Fischer, Spassky Spats Spark Local Moves: Chess Sales Climb by Patricia Cote — The ERRATIC WORLD-CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP in Iceland may be responsible for the increase in sales of chess sets in some Ottawa stores. Nothing like in Iceland, mind you, where the sudden enthusiasm for chess finds people playing in the streets, but at least three Ottawa stores have had anywhere from a slight to a 50-per-cent increase in sales.
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The Havre Daily News Havre, Montana Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 3 — Editorials: Back Bobby Fischer — Some people have goose bumps over the world championship chess match being played in Reykjavik, Iceland and fans find the battle of personalities involved, that of Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the USSR, is more interesting than the movement of the pieces on the chess board. Master chess players we are told are sensitive folks who for the most part have keen minds and are thinking many moves ahead of the ordinary chess player. A tremendous amount of psychology is involved as is obvious in the current match.
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The Miami News Miami, Florida Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 22 — You Don't Have To Be an Intellectual To Play Chess by Jeff Klinkenberg —Bernie Schmidt was trying to explain a chess move used by Bobby Fischer to someone who just could not understand so finally he said he had an idea and ran out the door. He was back in a moment, carrying a cardboard box under his arm and he said, “I always keep a chess game in the trunk of my car. I'm always equipped.” He dumped the pieces onto the board and began setting them up. Then he ran to his bedroom and returned with a book and opened it to a section outlining moves used by Bobby Fischer. Schmidt started moving pieces all around, his hands a blur, like a riverboat gambler playing the shell game. All the time he was talking. “Look at this,” he said. “This move was invented by Lopez, a great player. It was called the Spanish Torture.”
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The Lexington Herald Lexington, Kentucky Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 35 — Uncertainty Keys Chess Match — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP)—The score of 2½ points for champion Boris Spassky and 1½ for challenger Bobby Fischer was the only matter of certainty on the eve of Thursday's fifth game of the world chess title match. Still alive was the question whether Chester Fox's movie cameras will be back in the hall for the fifth match. Fox, who has sunk a reported $160,000 into exclusive movie rights, says they will.
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Aiken Standard Aiken, South Carolina Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 14 — The First Draw In The Fischer-Spassky Match by Dr. Lee Hyder — Newcomers to the game of chess frequently wonder how a game of chess can arrive at a draw, or indecisive result. The rules of chess specify several in which this can happen. A game is drawn in case of stalemate. This occurs when one player can make no legal move, but his king is not under direct attack. (Position 1).
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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 187 — Fischer-Spassky Moves: Valley Chess Club to Replay Icelandic Games for Analysis by Pat Bryant — SUN VALLEY—Russian chess champion Boris Spassky's games with American Bobby Fischer will be replayed with magnetic pieces on a four-foot-metal board—and then analyzed—on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. at the Valley Chess Club. The Iceland world championship matches will last a maximum of 24 games.
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The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 5 — Chess Fans Check American Mate — There hasn't been a world champion of chess from the United States in more than a century, and American chess buffs are rooting for Bobby Fischer enthusiastically. Reporter Stephen Gross talked with chess players in Des Moines recently, and records their excitement for the tournament—and for the game—in tonight's Tribune.
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Pacific Daily News Agana Heights, Guam Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 38 — U.S. Chess Champion Bobby Fischer arrives at the Icelandic hall where he meets Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship appearing confident and wearing a smile. Spassky has the edge in the series, 2½ to 1½ over the American challenger. (UPI)
The Age Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 12 — Fischer Recovers to Force a Draw by Michael Woodhams of the Melbourne Chess Club — American challenger, Bobby Fischer, yesterday recovered from an almost hopeless position to force a draw in the fourth game of the World Chess Championship series. The score is now 2½ games to 1½ in favor of the Russian champion, Boris Spassky. Spassky employed the aggressive Sicilian Defense and showed a willingness to play an attacking game. A marked contrast to his passive play in the first and third game. The champion surprised Fischer was a new opening move, 13. … P-QR4, which sacrificed a pawn but gave him two bishops, open lines on Fischer's king and an attack which endured for 20 moves. The challenger defended skillfully, seeking to exchange Spassky's aggressive pieces.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 5 — New Quarters Sought For Fischer, Spassky — Reykjavik (Reuter) — Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky relaxed Wednesday in their hotels in preparation for new living quarters for them. The Russian world champion is leading 2½ points to 1½ in the series after the fourth game Tuesday night was drawn. Icelandic officials are looking for a private villa in the city to offer Spassky for the duration of the match, which could last another two months. They say he is fed up with hotel life. He was offered a house at Garda, six miles outside Reykjavik, but decided it was too far away.
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Pants On Fire: Fischer Already Had The Authority To Remove The Cameras — So emboldened are the Soviets they here do boastfully declare their rule-breaking shoddy treatment they're doling out upon the U.S. challenger. Assuming Americans are too slow for the many contradictions to sink in. “Fischer's Demands Rejected” presumably this further admission of tormenting Fischer is to elicit standing ovations and cheers from Americans for those righteous Soviets cheating and misleading the public lie by gradual lie! “Although many of Fischer's demands were trivial — he also asked for “written authority to have film cameras removed from the playing hall” if they disturbed him.
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To Protest... Or Not To Protest? Fischer “Demands” Threaten Match? … Fischer Not Protesting This Time. How can it be both? They lied already, claiming Fischer sought authority to demand removal of cameras, when he ALREADY possessed that right. Oh, now he’s “demanding” new living arrangements? But another journalist already confirmed new living quarters were being sought for both Fischer and Spassky. How the quarrelsome Soviets do use every trick in the book, twist facts inside and out to paint Fischer in a bad light before his fellow Americans and pull his support base out from under him!
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Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 16 — Byrne Still Expects Fischer Victory by Joan A. Kurilla, Times Staff Writer — Donald Byrne, the University's chess coach, still hopes to see a new American World Champion, but has some reservations as to whether the current match will ever be completed. One of the 10 best chess players in the nation, Mr. Byrne says U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer is better at the game than the world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
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The Maryville Daily Forum Maryville, Missouri Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 8 — Chess Enthusiasm: Elmo Wright and Aaron Brown of the Kansas City Chiefs by Steve Cameron — Liberty — He's not quite ready to take on Boris Spassky, but Elmo Wright is a chess freak. Wright, the Kansas City Chiefs' second-year wide receiver, took up the game just three years ago, but he packs a portable chess set with magnetized pieces and will play in his room, on airplanes and anywhere else he can find an opponent.
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Wisconsin State Journal Madison, Wisconsin Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 6 — No Wonder Soviet 'Chess Machine' Wins — Sirs — I was disappointed to see The Wisconsin State Journal endorse Russian Boris Spassky in the current chess championship. ([And no doubt endorses the Soviet Empire, altogether in other matters.]) The USSR takes chess very seriously and spends a great deal of money and effort to insure that a Soviet player is always the world champion. By training children and providing state support for promising players, the Soviet “chess machine” has completely dominated the game since 1948. Indeed, no one but a Soviet citizen has even been able to enter into a world championship game in recent history.
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USSR Will Lose Championship. Their Time Grows Short to Pack Even More Biased Anti-American Nonsense Into Headlines — With the Soviet succeeding to bury the match, by isolating the tournament in the very Anti-American, Racist Iceland, the Soviet has monopolized the ability to control the narrative coming out of Reykjavik and has basically, smeared Robert Fischer's desire for the tournament to be properly filmed, in his face.
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The Charlotte Observer Charlotte, North Carolina Thursday, July 20, 1972 - Page 16 — Thanks For Chess Coverage — Thank you so much for the excellent coverage of the world championship chess match. The Observer's circulation area has many chess enthusiasts, from duffers like me to experts, and we are all ecstatic about being able to play the games the next day. It's the next best thing to being there. — Frances W. Brown, Charlotte.
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New York Times, New York, New York Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 32 — Spassky Obviously Rattled by Al Horowitz — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 20—As far as this chess columnist can remember, no world champion has ever made such a terrible blunder as Spassky made on his 27th move in the fifth game of the match with Bobby Fischer today. But even without his fatal mistake, the Soviet champion was not at his best today. Russian chess reporters in the tournament hall conceded that Fischer had the better of the game despite playing Black.
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New York Times, New York, New York Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 1 & 32 — Spassky Resigns After Blunder; Match Is Even Through 5 Games by Harold C. Schonberg — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 20—Bobby Fischer, swooping down on a blunder by Boris Spassky, forced the champion's resignation today in the fifth game of their world championship chess match.
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New York Times, New York, New York Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 32 — Delight and Sympathy Mingled Among Marshall Club Observers — There was incredulity at the Marshall Chess Club here yesterday when Boris Spassky resigned to Bobby Fischer. Some delight was expressed, too, because most of the 50 or 20 persons there were rooting for Fischer. But the delight seemed subdued. Indeed, when the result was learned at 4:40 P.M., the Fischer backers seemed quite stunned.
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Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 27 — ...Meanwhile, Chess Fans Back Home Contemplate — While Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer contend for the world chess championship in Iceland amid fanfare and publicity, chess buffs back home continue to play in solitude and quiet contemplation. Mike Healy, 801 18th Ave. N, appears deep in thought planning the next move in a solitary game at the St. Petersburg Chess Club Thursday. Healy, a first-year student at St. Petersburg Junior College, said he thinks Fischer will win the chess title because “he comes up with some fantastic moves.”
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The Pantagraph Bloomington, Illinois Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 7 — Boris Evens Score — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP)—World chess champion Boris Spassky resigned Thursday night in his fifth championship game with American challenger Bobby Fischer, evening the match score at 2½ points each. Spassky's resignation after 27 moves and 3½ hours of play stunned the spectators. He had been judged in a slightly weaker but not impossible position.
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The Pantagraph Bloomington, Illinois Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 7 — American Wins with 27 Moves — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI)—The moves of the fifth game of the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess championship. How it ended: This was position on the chess board when Russia's world champion Boris Spassky resigned after 27th move in match with American Bobby Fischer. If Spassky captures bishop, Fischer takes king's pawn with his queen. (AP Wirephoto chart).
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Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 2 — Spassky Resigns: Fischer Wins Chess Game No. 5 by Larry Evans — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 20 — Under the inexorable pressure of time, Boris Spassky made an incredible blunder on his 27th move in today's fifth game of his match against Bobby Fischer, and promptly resigned.
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu, Hawaii Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 25 — Fischer and Spassky Now in Chess Tie — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP)—Bobby Fischer took the fifth game of the world chess championship last night after a bad blunder by Boris Spassky and only 3½ hours of play, evening the score at 2½-all. “It was just what we expected,” said Frank Skoff, vice president of the U.S. Chess Federation. “The general opinion of the American camp is that Fischer will win—even with the forfeit.”
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Lebanon Daily News Lebanon, Pennsylvania Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 28 — Fischer Scores To Even Chess Match — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI)—World champion Boris Spassky stared at the polished marble board and then moved his white queen one square. Without looking up Bobby Fischer inched closer to the table in his black metal and leather swivel chair. Then he pushed forward a bishop three squares to take a pawn and offer a calculated sacrifice that was as devastating and as final as the chop of a guillotine. Spassky, suddenly realizing he had made a major blunder that one grand master described as “not worthy of a world champion,” sat very erect in his simple wooden chair. Slowly he stretched out his right hand to stop the clock at his side and then offered his hand to Fischer to indicated he conceded the game.
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Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 1 — Action Line — These are the best of times for chess players. I can't wait to start experimenting with the Fischer-Spassky strategies. Is anyone going to publish a move-by-move account of all the games in the international match?—E.N., Southfield. Check, mate. Simon and Schuster plans to strike while chess is hot, has grand master Svetozar Gligoric busily taking notes in Iceland.
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Tucson Daily Citizen Tucson, Arizona Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 45 — Spassky's Error Akin to Fischer's in First Encounter by Isaac Kashdan, International Grand Master — Following is an analysis of the fifth Fischer-Spassky chess match written for the Associated Press by Isaac Kashdan, an international chess grandmaster. Los Angeles (AP)—The fifth game of the world chess championship in Iceland was marked by as grievous an error by Boris Spassky as the ones that Bobby Fischer committed in their first encounter. Spassky apparently had overlooked Fischer's reply when he made his 27th move. His choice of the square B2 for the queen was to protect his rooks pawn for the second time.
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The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 3 — Spassky Relaxes, Tries to Forget Game 5 Blunder by Julie Flint — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP)—Within hours after making what experts consider one of the most costly mistakes of his long chess career, Soviet world champions Boris Spassky was out playing tennis with one of his seconds today.
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The Shreveport Journal Shreveport, Louisiana Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 18 — Top Players Not Surprised By Outcome — Chicago (AP)—The black and white pieces clicked together on a checkerboard battleground, forming changing patterns of attack and defense. The struggle shifted back and forth as the chess masters brooded, analyzed and plotted the next move. The scenario: The skittles room between rounds during the first day of play Thursday in the Third National Chess Congress tournament.
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The Town Talk Alexandria, Louisiana Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 15 — Fifth Game at End — This is the way the board appeared at the end of the fifth game in the world chess championship Thursday night in Reykjavik, Iceland. U.S. Grand Master Bobby Fischer won the game, forcing world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union to resign on the 28th move. (UPI Telephoto)
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Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 5 — World Champion Russian Loses In Rare Low Number of Moves — Reykjavik, Iceland —(AP)—Moves in the fifth game of the world chess championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, (Spassky-white, Fischer-black). Spassky resigns. Elapsed time: Spassky, white, 130 minutes; Fischer black, 77 minutes.
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Daily News New York, New York Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 4 — Bobby Bags 28-Move Victory by Robert Byrne — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 20—World titleholder Boris Spassky of Russia blundered at the 27th move today in game five of his world championship chess match tonight with Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and had to give up after the 29-year-old American replied with a haymaker to even up the match at 2½ games apiece. After Fischer played his 27th move, a bishop to his queen's rook taking a pawn, Spassky looked intently at the table for a full minute. Then he looked up at Fischer and held out his hand. The spectators went wild, stamping their feet, clapping hands and yelling, “Bobby! Bobby!” chess enthusiasts in the cafeteria following the moves relayed from the hall hurled plates, saucers and glasses into the air.
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Press and Sun-Bulletin Binghamton, New York Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Games To Be Analyzed — Harold C. Evans, former president of the New York State Chess Association, will study and analyze play in the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky championship chess games at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Binghamton YMCA. Also, Evans will replay some of the games won by Fischer when he was 15 and earned the title of grandmaster. In addition, Evans, a former New York Amateur chess champion, will play a simultaneous exhibition of chess matches against any persons interested in playing.
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The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 7 — Chess Offered As Viet Move — San Francisco (UPI)— Taking a lead from the success of ping-pong diplomacy, a group billing itself as the nation's first professional chess team has offered its services to President Nixon in an effort to end the Vietnam War.
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El Paso Herald-Post El Paso, Texas Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer Certainly Will NOT Permit Disruptive Crews of Men Operating Bulky TV Cameras — USSR selecting Anti-American, Racist Iceland who restricted entry of blacks and news coverage… 2nd Game Camera Boycott? “instead of..video tape film that didn't make any noise they had guys with film cameras that were..all around..making a racket..and visually you could see them moving around.”- R.J. Fischer. “Under agreed rules of the match, [Fischer] had the right to object and to demand removal of the cameras if they disturbed him.” (7/21/1972) -Col. Ed Edmondson, USCF. Fischer's personal representative, “Fred Cramer, said the 29-year-old American challenger ‘has not changed his mind’ about his objections. Fischer claims the ([disruptive men operating large, bulky television]) cameras disturb his concentration.” (7/20/1972) — The Lexington Herald Lexington, Kentucky
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Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 34 — Spassky Seen Cracking Under Fischer Attack by Dr. Leroy Dubeck, President, U.S. Chess Federation — With the world chess championship games between U.S. Grandmaster Bobby Fischer and Russia's titleholder Boris Spassky, now even, observers see Spassky cracking under the pressure. Yesterday's game lasted only 28 moves. Spassky resigned immediately after making a blunder in an inferior position. This blunder was probably caused by the intense pressure under which Spassky is playing. After starting with a 2-0 advantage (one game was lost by Fischer by forfeit). Spassky has lost both games in which Fischer has played an opening innovation. This despite the fact that Spassky had the white pieces in both games, which is considered an advantage as white moves first. Meanwhile, in the fourth game Fischer survived a carefully analyzed opening trap of the Russians.
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The Vincennes Sun-Commercial Vincennes, Indiana, Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 3 — FISCHER WINS! — Russian in Pinch — This was the position of chess pieces when Boris Spassky resigned Thursday, giving the fifth game of his match with Bobby Fischer to the latter. (AP Wirephoto)
Contra Costa Times Walnut Creek, California Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer Evens Chess Series — Reykjavik, Iceland — World championship chess player Boris Spassky resigned in his fifth title game with American Bobby Fischer Thursday in Reykjavik, Iceland. The Russian resigned after three and one-half hours of play as the American leveled his score with Spassky at two and one-half points each. Spassky's resignation brought a roar of astonishment from the crowd in the huge auditorium in Reykjavik. Spassky's resignation came as a complete surprise. Yugoslav grandmaster Dragoljub Yanosevic, however, said Spassky made a grave mistake on the 25th move “that had to cost him the game.”
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Evening Herald Shenandoah, Pennsylvania Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 4 — Contest's The Thing — A lot of cryptic stuff like this is coming out of Iceland these days: “53. K-B5 K-Kt4; 54. KxP KxP; 55. K-Q5 K-Kt4; 56. K-Q6 Resigns.” That is the windup of the first game in the Spassky-Fischer world championship chess match. Few Americans—perhaps not one in 1,000, or even more—read such game records with understanding, let alone relish. Yet Americans are showing great interest in the match. This may not be so hard to explain.
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Evening Standard London, Greater London, England Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 17 — Did Bobby Turn on Evil Eye? by Leonard Barden — WHAT's WRONG with Boris? Chess masters in Reykjavik and the huge audiences of Russians following the world title match on open-air boards in Moscow are all asking the same question after last night's fifth game. Boris Spassky has seen his comfortable two-point lead over Bobby Fischer wiped out in the space of four days while the challenger has grown in confidence. Bobby has won twice with the black pieces, and in world chess early wins with black are a frequent pointer to the eventual match victor.
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Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 6 — The Friendly Score — ON BEHALF of the many chess players in Michigan, may we commend you on the excellent coverage you have given the Fischer-Spassky match. We are especially pleased to see that you printed the game score of the first game along with a diagram. It is our sincere hope that you will continue to print the game scores as they become available because your paper is one of the first sources we can look to for the information. The 375 members of the Michigan Chess Association and more than 800 members of the United States Chess Federation in Michigan applaud your coverage of the Fischer-Spassky match. MRS. D.E. THACKREY, Ann Arbor
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The Age Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 9 — Chess Fever Grips America From Roy Macartney, in Washington — The once-scorned game of chess has come out of the cobwebs and is sweeping the United States. Little-known clubs are now crammed with players, duffers are hunching intently over boards in the parks, and newspapers, radio and television are giving the world chess championship in Reykjavik almost baseball World Series treatment.
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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 16 — Inexplicable Blunder by Spassky Spells Defeat by Isaac Kashdan, Times Chess Editor — Bobby Fischer had a slight advantage after 26 moves of his fifth match game with Boris Spassky, but he could hardly have expected the world champion to resign two moves later. Spassky's error on the 27th move was as inexplicable as the one committed by Fischer in the first game. It led to an even more disastrous finish.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 9 — Bobby Fischer—The Area's Top Chess Set Salesman by Dominic Sama of The Inquirer Staff — Bobby Fischer's widespread publicity given to the chess match in Iceland have spurred a boom in the sale of chess sets and chessboards in local stores. “Our chess sales were at a complete standstill before the match,” said Curtis Bronson, manager of Gimbels stationary department at 9th and Market streets.
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The Miami News Miami, Florida Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 6 — Fischer Takes 5th, Evens Chess Match — (AP) Bobby Fischer won the fifth game of the world chess championship last night when Boris Spassky made a blunder after only 3½ hours of play. The score is now 2½-2½. “It was just what we expected,” said Frank Skoff, vice president of the U.S. Chess Federation. “The general opinion of the American camp is that Fischer will win—even with the forfeit.”
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The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 14 — Letters to the Editor - Fischer's Behavior — Sir: I am completely behind Bobby Fischer in his *SEEMINGLY immature behavior with respect to Reykjavik. (* Seemingly. The word seemingly refers to how things look on the surface — how they seem — and it often suggests there's more to the story.) If this were the Orioles, playing an international game, and they did not like the set-up, they would complain. Since, however, this is only chess ([and the Soviets and their worldwide disinformation network take the status of Soviet Imperial Supremacy and its exploitation of chess as a “Propaganda Vehicle” as Robert Fischer called it, very seriously]), his behavior has been called mad and immature, and served to anger the American public who are not interested in chess, but only interested in beating the Russians in something.
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Newsday (Suffolk Edition) Melville, New York Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 108 — Even a Riot Can't Distract Chess Masters at Work — Patrons of the Chess House in New York follow moves of televised Fischer-Spassky match on their own boards. Their concentration wasn't even cracked by a riot out front, complete with policemen and questions.
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The Capital Times Madison, Wisconsin Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 17 — Spassky Caught In Fischer Trap by Peter Dorman, State Chess Champion — The fifth game between World Champion Boris Spassky and his American challenger Bobby Fischer ended abruptly yesterday when the Russian grandmaster made a gross oversight on his 27th move. Spassky, his attention focused on intricate defensive maneuvering in a difficult position, overlooked a sharp trap, and resigned the next move.
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The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu, Hawaii Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 3 — Honolulu Newsstand: Chessnuts by Eddie Sherman — Chess nut John Narcisi has a cloth “board” set up in the City Room, following the Fischer-Spassky moves via info from the UPI wire. John, an artist who plays tournament chess (a C-player) believes it'll be Fischer hands down when it's all over…
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The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 20 — Strange Development — Bobby Fischer has had an uplifting influence on some college campuses, where the No. 1 dormitory game is now chess.
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New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 29 — In Striving for Poise, Spassky Tries Tennis — Reykjavik, Iceland, July 21—Boris Spassky the world chess champion, was playing tennis today, apparently trying to regain his poise after last night's resounding defeat in the fifth match game against the challenger, Bobby Fischer of the United States. The score is now even at 2½ to 2½.
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New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 29 — Russians Puzzled — Moscow, July 21—“You're asking about the blunder?” the young Russian chess enthusiast said. “I think the biggest blunder Spassky ever made was to sit down opposite Fischer to play chess.” The young Russian was commenting at the Central Chess Club on the uproar stirred abroad by yesterday's defeat of the Soviet champion. The comment was typical of many Russian players who never thought Spassky had much of a chance against the American and took the quick defeat of the Russian in stride. Chess commentators here were puzzled by Spassky's error, but there were no personal recriminations as there sometimes are when Soviet players lose. The match now stands at 2½ to 2½.
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New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 29 — At U. N., Blitz Doesn't Always Mean War by Israel Shenker — United Nations, N.Y., July 21 — The United Nations plays an important role on the international chessboard, and international chessboards play an important role at the United Nations. Every lunch hour the boards are set up in the ground-floor lounge of the Secretariat Building here. Then the members of the United Nations Chess Club—a voluntary nonagency with no permanent members, no veto rights, and precious few obligations to anything except the clock that will summon them back to their jobs upstairs—meet to test strategy and tactics.
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Press and Sun-Bulletin Binghamton, New York Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 5 — It Matters Not How Big the Board--or Boy — Paul Ulmer, 12, a chess veteran of three years, battles Evans with fist-size chess pieces on a carpet board. Evans discussed the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky match and Fischer's early chess play at regular meeting of YMCA's Chess Club.
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The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu, Hawaii Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 42 — Fischer Near Chess Victory — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI)—Challenger Bobby Fischer was “feeling on top of the world” yesterday following his second win over world chess champion Boris Spassky of Russia and at least one chessmaster said the American could wrap up the championship with one more win.
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The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 1 — How To Beat The World Champion… — in one easy move. Bobby Fischer, America's chess genius, was playing black in the position above and about to make his next move. Boris Spassky, Russia's world champion, had amazingly just made the kind of error a beginner makes. And with one devastating move Fischer gained such an advantage that Spassky resigned immediately. It happened, to a roar of applause from the spectators, in the fifth game of the world title match, played yesterday in Reykjavik, Iceland. It brought Fischer level with Spassky on 2½ points.
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The Sentinel Carlisle, Pennsylvania Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 2 — Fischer Bothers Spassky — Reykjavik (UPI)—World chess champion Boris Spassky has fled to the seclusion of a downtown penthouse and canceled all appointments amid reports from Russian sources that he is irritated with the American challenger, Bobby Fischer. The Rev. William Lombardy, Fischer's second, said Friday, “Spassky is so ravelled that if he doesn't come around by the sixth game Bobby is going to steamroll him. Spassky has not been himself here. The match Sunday will go two ways—either he will break down or find hidden reserves and come back.”
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Rutland Daily Herald Rutland, Vermont Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 2 — Clucking Heard at Moscow Chess Club by Theodore Shabad —Moscow—“You're asking about the blunder?” the young Russian chess fan said. “I think the biggest blunder Spassky ever made was to sit down opposite Fischer to play chess.” The blond Russian had stepped out into the cool air on the balcony of the Central Chess Club and was commenting on the uproar stirred abroad by the defeat of Boris Spassky, the Soviet champion, in the fifth game of the world title match against Bobby Fischer of the United States.
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The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu, Hawaii Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 25 — Kuhio Beach Chess Nuts Say Fischer Will Roast Spassky by Bob Krauss — A Krauss Survey of the chess nuts on Kuhio Beach yesterday revealed that Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky can go home. Their World Chess Championship has been decided. It'll be Fischer 15 games to nine.
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The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 9 — Soviet Analysts Seek New Gambit — Reykjavik (AP)—World champion Boris Spassky went fishing yesterday as his seconds put their heads together to try to save his chess title for the Soviet Union. Said the Yugoslav chess commentator, Dimitri Bjelica, a friend of Spassky: “I am amazed he is not analyzing the game. Things are not going well for him.” After his victory, Fischer made one of his rare sorties from his hotel room to dine at Reykjavik's chic Restaurant Norse.
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Waukesha Daily Freeman Waukesha, Wisconsin Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 27 — Chess Played 'Old' Way by John Engelbert, Freeman Staff — CHESS HAS attracted world-wide attention because of the world championship match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of Russian now being played in Reykjavik, Iceland. There, at Fischer's insistence, a part of one session was played in a near vacuum. Only a referee was present, and moves were relayed to spectators over closed-circuit television ([as per, Fischer's expectations; silent, automatic, stationary closed-circuit cameras in contrast to large, bulky major sports television cameras operated by crews of men who interfere with concentration]).
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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 37 — Letters: Fischer Defended — John Hall denounces chess as a “meaningless skill that has little to do with molding the destiny of the planet” and Bobby Fischer for “rudeness, egomania and childish tantrums.” Chess is no more a meaningless skill than baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis and all sports and games. As for Fischer, his actions are responsible for about 500% improvement in playing conditions and prize money in tournaments.
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Fischer Walks Alone 15 Jul 1972, Sat Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
World Chess Iceland 15 Jul 1972, Sat Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Newspapers.com
International Chess Championship, Reykjavik Iceland 16 Jul 1972, Sun The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) Newspapers.com
It's All Just A Game Anyway 16 Jul 1972, Sun Newsday (Nassau Edition) (Hempstead, New York) Newspapers.com
Challengers Leave Sports Hall Following Third Game 17 Jul 1972, Mon The Call-Leader (Elwood, Indiana) Newspapers.com
World Chess Championship 17 Jul 1972, Mon Chippewa Herald-Telegram (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com
At Adjournment 17 Jul 1972, Mon York Daily Record (York, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
Fischer and Spassky Arrive for Third Game 17 Jul 1972, Mon The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) Newspapers.com
After Third Game 18 Jul 1972, Tue The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey) Newspapers.com
Victory Smile 18 Jul 1972, Tue The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) Newspapers.com
Arrow Shows Fischer's Winning Move 18 Jul 1972, Tue The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) Newspapers.com
One For Fischer 18 Jul 1972, Tue The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
"Spassky Now Appears to Be Employing a Classic Russian Defence...!" 19 Jul 1972, Wed The Ottawa Journal (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Newspapers.com
A Word From the Sidelines 19 Jul 1972, Wed The Central New Jersey Home News (New Brunswick, New Jersey) Newspapers.com
Here's How Board Looked When Spassky Offered Draw 19 Jul 1972, Wed Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) Newspapers.com
Bobby Fischer Arrives for Fourth Game in Chess Match 19 Jul 1972, Wed The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) Newspapers.com
Spassky Arrives for Match 19 Jul 1972, Wed The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) Newspapers.com
Actually, I'm Not Too Keen on My Terms Either 19 Jul 1972, Wed The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Newspapers.com
Priest 'Second' To Fischer In Chess Playoff 20 Jul 1972, Thu The Catholic Advance (Wichita, Kansas) Newspapers.com
U.S. Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Arrives 20 Jul 1972, Thu Pacific Daily News (Agana Heights, Guam) Newspapers.com
Soviet Chess Master Discusses Moves 30 Jul 1972, Sun Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Michigan) Newspapers.com
