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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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5 A July 13, 1972 Minneapolis Tribune walks out, returns first chess match Fischer to lose Associated Press Mcest Free Gife Mm 40 50 to Fischer strode to his backstage dressing room where he told Schmid, who followed him, that he wouldn't continue play unless a movie camera 150 feet from the chess board was ordered shut off. It. was barely visible from where Fischer sat. Schmid said he couldn't order the camera removed. Fischer stayed away for 30 minutes while his clock continued to run.

He returned to continue the struggle. In ensuing play all the pawns on the king's side were lost. Fischer shifted his king to the ot her side of the board, where two of his pawns and two of Spassky's blocked each other's passage. Fischer couldn't unblock becau-se Spassky's bishop could protect his position from' long range. Spassky's With move king approached the jam on-the queen's side Fischer resigned.

He reached over and stopped his clock, lie offered Spassky his hand, folded his scorecard and walked out, pausing once to wave to the audience, which was applauding the Russian. Fischer left the hall by the stage door and hurried to a waiting car. From the car he spotted John Collins, a paraplegic silting a few feet away in a wheel chair. Collins taught Fischer the game. Fischer rolled down the DRESS car window and said, "I'm sorry.

It will settle down." Fred Cramer, a U.S. Chess Federation official, said Fischer would take some strenuous physical exercise to get in shape for his second game with Spassky today. Robert Byrne, a U.S. grandmaster and second-ranked player in the United States, said after the game: "It isn't necessarily all that significant. Either of these players can come back and win." Under scoring rules, one point is awarded for a victory and a half point goes to each player for a draw.

As defending champion, Spassky needs only 12 points in the 24 games to retain his title. Fischer must score 12'2 to win it. Fischer has played six games with Spassky and has yet to win. Me lost lour times playing the black pieces and drew twice when he played white and had first move. Fischer plays while Thursday.

Experts observed the course of the play was astonishing i retrospect: Spassky made no attempt to hasten exploitation of the slight advantage which the white pieces and first move gave him. Until Fischer's costly pawn capture at the 20th move on Tuesday, the game dully, with Spassky inviting exchanges and the prospect of a draw. Fischer-Spassky moves in first chess match orig. 28 to $76 97 Reykjavik, Iceland Willi a hopeless position on he chess hoard, Booby I'ischer walked out for lil) minutes Wednesday, then returned to lose the first game of the world chess championship to Boris Spassky, the Russian title-holder. Alter the game I'ischer told the man who taught him the game when he was a hoy in Brooklyn, N.Y., that "it will settle down." It was a had day all around lor Fischer.

In addition to conceding Spas-sky a 1-0 lead in the score at the outset of the 24-ume match, Fischer, 2), developed some more money trouble. News from London was that James Slater, who added $120,000 to the pot, wouldn't be able to get his money out of England because of currency restrictions. Slater's donation, which pushed the total prize money to $300,000, enticed Fischer to end his holdout at the scheduled start of the match July 2. Asked about Slater's problem, Fischer snapped, "No comment." The play lasted only one hour and three minutes. It was the continuation of a game begun Tuesday and adjourned after 40 moves with Fischer in a position the experts said would give him only a draw at best.

One of Spassky's pawns threatened a Fischer pawn when play concluded Tuesday night. In the first move Wednesday Spassky captured the pawn. Fischer recaptured with his king and the game turned into an effort by Fischer to push his pawns a square at a time to the last rank under the escort of his king. Suddenly after five minutes of play Fischer stood, spoke animatedly to chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany and disappeared through the beige curtains offstage left. Choose any one for saving now at Home Federal aring 2-spved blender free for savin 15,000 or more lash blend button for instant onoff action, htrvest iold color, complete with recipe book, Mirro electric cornpopper free for saving S250 or more 1 riple ScX.ll Green Stamps Thar stumps for each dollar saved.

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Paul 97 14 29 Wednesday's moves in the first game of the world championship chess match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer. Spassky (white) is listed first. Fischer (black is listed second. 41. PxP, KxP; 42.

K-R5, K-B4; 43. B-K3, K-K5; 44. B-B2, K-B4; 45. B-R4, P-K4; 46. B-Kt5, P-K5; 47.

B-K3, K-B3; 48. K-Kt4, K-K4; 49. K-Kt5, K-Q4; 50. K-B5, P-R4; 51. B-B2, P-Kt4; 52.

KxP, K-B5; 53. K-B4, K-Kt5; 54. KxP. KxP; 55. K-Q5, K-Kt4; 56.

K-QG, resigns. Each move is recorded using letters for each chess piece and numbers for each square. The squares are numbered along the files and named for the piece sitting initially in the first square of the file. For example the fourth square in front of the queen's bishop is QB4 or queen's bishop 4. The letters and their corresponding pieces are: K-king; Q-queen; B-bishop; Kt-knight; R-rook; Impawn.

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