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REP'JBlttJ BULLDOG REPUBLIC MAIL 4 The Arizona Republic Phoenix, July 13, 1972 Chessmen huddle across U.S. 'Ait Experts analyze dilemma of Fischer Russian beats The match in Iceland has generated excitement in chess where it always existed in Associated Press NEW YORK Bobby Fischer's clock was running out of time when a fellow member asked the Marshall Chess Club's champion player how things were going for the world championship challenger. "It looks bad," said George Kane, 23, vainly seeking a solution to Fischer's dilemma. "Looks bad." Elsewhere in Manhattan and in Boston, Kansas City, Birmingham, and San Francisco chess enthusiasts huddled over chess tables to analyze Fischer's losing play. mercial enterprise.

"Everyone learns chess at some time as a child, on the playground, in the Navy," Lukowiak added. "Someone has taught them the moves, but they have not done much more with it." In Seattle, the owner of a custom chess board business said his was the only chess listing in the telephone directory and he, therefore, had received "lots" of calls. His business is up, said Robert Ogilvie, because the match has "created a lot more interest, and I think a lot of dormant chess players are playing again and the active chess players are improving their equipment." Fifty to 100 chess fans were also following the action at the Chess House in Kansas City and at Mechanics Institute in San Francisco. Raymond Conway, the insti a dozen avid fans in the federalist-style building where the club makes its home in lower Manhattan, "I don't see where this can possibly be drawn unless white doesn't make the right moves." White, it turned out, did make all the right moves, and Fischer conceded defeat. He thus gave Spassky one point.

The Soviet champion needs 12 points to retain the world title, and Fischer needs 12 points to capture it. And at the Marshall club, the boards were cleared for new play as soon as the announcement came. "The game's over," said a member who learned of the results by telephone. "He gave it up." Chess enthusiasts also had gathered in the Manhattan Chess Club and at a game room enterprise called the Chess Club. At outdoor boards in Washington Square Park, chess fans furrowed their brows in summer's steamy heat and replayed the first memorable intimate clubs across the nationand it lias created an interest where none existed before.

The game also is being followed on educational television stations in New York, Boston and Rochester, N.Y. "We went crazy." said a spokesman for WNET-TV in New York City. He said up to 200,000 persons viewed their broadcast of the first day of the match Tuesday. So many telephone callers had questions, the spokesman continued, that the station was trying to collect chess experts to furnish answers during the rest of the match. At Boston's Chess Studio, 40 or 50 chess players have been keeping up with the game on television.

They duplicate the moves on their own boards and discuss the play. "There are lots of local experts." Bill Lukowiak reported. The match, he said, has brought "a lot of people" into the studio, which is a com Associated Press Bobby Fischer, deep in concentration in first game with Boris Spassky tute's chess room director, yesterday ended 40 hours with the 50 or so members who have been swapping simulations about the match since it began. game. The question arose again and again: Why did one of the world's greatest chess players fall victim to an apparent ploy by taking Boris Spassky's so-called poisoned pawn on his 20th move? "That is the main question," said Stephen brand-wein, 29.

across the board from Kane. "His style is to play risky but not that risky. It really looks hopeless." At the Birmingham Chess Club, Charles Smith said, "Our feelings are that over the long period of 24 games. Fischer will overcome any loss he may sustain and eventually will win." Members of the Marshall club agreed, citing victories as far back as 1954 and noting world champions who had lost the first or second game in a match. Fischer himself, they said, has been a first game loser.

edgy Fischer in first game United Press International REYKJAVIK, Iceland World Chess Champion Boris Spassky of Russia defeated Bobby Fischer in the first game of their $250,000 championship match yesterday, putting the unpredictable American one point behind in what could be a 24-game series. Fischer, who had walked off the stage for 35 minutes to protest the presence of two closed circuit television cameras high above the contest stage, conceded to the Russian on the 56th move. He gave up when he saw he could not prevent Spassky moving his only surviving pawn to Fischer's side of the board, thus turning it into a Queen, the most powerful piece in game. Fischer stood up, made a helpless gesture to the audience and walked off. The second game is scheduled for today.

Judge Lothar Schmid said Fischer was "angry and upset" when he left the playing board to protest the closed circuit cameras that televised the moves to the audience in the hall. "I told him it's allowed in the rules to have these cameras," Schmid said, "but then he said he had not signed any rule's. I know this story is not finished yet. We will hear more about these cameras from Fischer." Fred Cramer, on? of Fischer's seconds, said, "Bobby was naturally very disappointed, but he is a pro and I believe he will be able to come back if we can just get the practical conditions sorted out. "Nobody likes to lose a chess game-Fischer least of all," Cramer said.

"But he has got the strength to overcome an initial disappointment." Flay in the interrupted first game resumed on time, but Fischer walked out after three moves to protest the two television cameras. Match organizers covered the cameras with a cloth, but Fischer said they still bothered him. Spassky, wearing a slate jacket and beige trousers, made the first move yesterday, taking one of Fischer's remaining pawns. Fischer then took a pawn from Spassky with his king. After 40 moves and 4'l hours of play Tuesday, Spassky held the advantage with a bishop and three pawns against Fischer's five pawns.

Play was halted The two chess masters have played each other five times in the past. Spassky won three of the games and two were draws. Fischer, arrived for Tuesday's opening game eight minutes after Spassky, playing the white pieces, made his first move. The American challenger responded Spassky's opening queen gambit by setting up a nimzo-Indian when Spassky, 35, asked for an adjournment and Fischer agreed. Experts ngreed that only the Russian master could win the first game.

They said the best Fischer could hope for was a draw. The match may go for 24 games. Spassky as champion must get 12 points to in. Fischer as challenger must get 12J2. Each win counts for one point and Early error led to chess win a draw '2 point.

Following is an analysis of the conclusion of the opening Fischer-Spassky chess match, written for the Associated Press by Isaac Kashdan, an international chess Final moves in game listed United Press International Resigns K-Qfi 56. REYKJAVIK, Iceland The final moves in the first game of the world chess championship match between Boris Spasskv of Russia and Bobby Fischer of the United States: fend his remaining pawns. Curiously enough, this would have led to a draw if Spassky's pawn had been on R5 instead of 114. In that case, all the pawns on the queen side would have been blocked and immobile. Fischer's king could never have been driven off, with a constant danger of stalemate.

This is an unusual, little-known position, in which White cannot force a win, despite the fact that he has position. Fortunately 0 Spassky, the one square between the pawns can be utilized. In the game, had Fischer chosen the retreat indicated, Spassky would stalemate the black king, forcing the pawn to move. He would then release the stalemate with his bishop and move to capture the pawn. With his second pawn free, Spassky would win routinely.

Fischer had two pawns as compensation for the bishop, but they were separated and weak. The pawns soon fell as a result of Spassky's good coordination of his king and bishop. There were then two courses open to Fischer. I'n-fortunately for the American, there was no real hope with cither one. The one he chose was to attack Spassky's rook pawn.

Spassky had no objection, going after Fischer's queen-side pawns as the quickest winning method. Spassky would free his one remaining pawn and in a few moves advance it to queen. bene Fisher's pawn nicved up, the long-ranging bishop was there to hold it. The alternative course for Fisher was to retreat his king to QBI or thereabouts to de By ISAAC KASHDAN International Grandmaster LOS ANGELES When Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky resumed play in the second session of their first match game, it was clear to the experts that Spassky should win. Fischer continued the game yesterday for an additional 15 moves, then i d.

He might have carried on for a few more moves, or resigned earlier. There was no longer any hope for a draw. Spassky's task was nol particularly difficult. He had gained a bishop late in the first session due to an error bv Fischer. (SYMBOLS: In British and American usage, each move in a chess match is recorded by using letters for each chess piece and numbers for each square on the board.

The squares are numbered along the columns and named for the piece initially sitting at the first square on the file. For example, the third square in front of the rook on the side of the king is numbered: KR3, or King's Rook 3. The letters and their corresponding pieces are: king; queen; bishop; knight; rook; pawn. An between letters indicates the piece captured the second. O-i indicates castling.

"Ch" indicates 'check" or that the king is threatened with International Master Edward Lasker, 86, studied a large wall board with magnetic pieces. Slapping a pawn here and a bishop there with bewildering speed, the gray-haired chess expert kept trying to figure a way that Fischer might salvage a likely loss to a drawn game. "One, two. three, four," Lasker said as he counted possible moves. "No, no," he said, realizing that Spassky's white I'icces could overtake i 's defensive black pieces.

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