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The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 10

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Ogden, Utah
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Jli? iffiS bJ kl 3 Pi i 'CH I JrH it- ljLlj a PBli in aft I Until last year Bobby was little more than a good average student But he is settling down now and working hard He scored an excellent 97 in New York State's regents exam on geometry last spring Prof Aaron Pressman who volunteered to tutor Bobby in Russian before the Yugoslav tournament says Bobby is very bright Pressman who seems fond of Bobby adds that the boy worked very hard and learned rapidly Bobby lives with his mother in a small fourth-floor walkup apartment in a neat section of Brooklyn His 21-year-old sister Joan lived there too' until her marriage last month Their parents separated when Bobby was 2 Mrs Fischer a University of Colorado' graduate is a registered nurse now earning her MA degree Bobby she says is no disciplinary problem "There's nothing to discipline home about" Mrs Fischer explains "The only thing I do is nag him to take his nose out of his chess books and go outside for some fresh air "You know that's what aggravates me so He used to be terrific in athletics He didn't talk until he was practically 2 years old but he was climbing all over the place" Bobby started in the game at age 6 when Joan got a chess set and the two puzzled out the directions Mrs Fischer doesn't know a thing about chess "I spent four years trying to get him away from it but I've Blini Attaik mm-- -s I '1 KJ i'' mt hi akKa Wrct 11 TO p''iTI fditw'i Nott la wtwsri and befcavier young lehey fiseher if mach ltk My ether teea-eeer But hi fraud passion I chess ni having recently beeeme an international grand master he'i row aiming for the world championship held by Soviet Russia-) champions in their own countries sat down opposite the bony young American each Informed him that he would be beaten Some were nicer than others they said they were sorry" to have to defeat him They didn't need to be Most of them didn't Bobby playing in his first international competition pulled out of his early difficulties and tied for fifth place winning his place in the star-studded challengers Bobby is a tall boy with the classic adolescent slump and light brown hair He eyes strangers in general and reporters in particular with glum distrust "Most reporters ask stupid questions What do I eat for breakfast? That's not important All types of paint incSudinc enamel fist wall and latex Pints quarts and gallons Sunday Only I mi Heavy 9-oz class tumbler Better stock up at this price you can't afford not to fgf Heavy cause blue jeans with flannel lininc- Sanforized children's sizes 2 to Rec- $1-49 By FRANKIE SHARP NEW YORK (AP) There's a Batman comic book on his bedside table and a rock roll program blaring over his radio He's slouchy gangly and crew-cut But Batman is sprawled over an open chess book and his nail-bitten fingers are deftly moving chess pieces over the black and white board which means more to him than anything else in his life Bobby Fischer doesn't want to be a baseball star or a football player or the most popular fellow at the" prom He wants to be chess champion of the world and it seems a pretty sure bet he will be Most' Americans' don't know it but their honor in a big international contest with Russia is riding on the thin shoulders of this 15-year-old boy from Brooklyn GREATEST IN YEARS Bo'tfby is hailed by the experts as the greatest chess mind the world has produced in many years "He doesn't look like one he looks more like a farmer's boy than an intellectual but he is a genius" says Hans Kmoch secretary of the Manhattan Chess Club which is the nerve center of chess in the United States "Fischer is something unique None of the great ones ever accomplished so much so early" He has become an international grand master the youngest in the long history of the game and will meet the world's top seven players this' year in a challengers' tournament The exact date and place remain to be determined The winner will get a crack at the present world champion Russia's Mikhail Botvinnik So far this hasn't meant much to most Americans who look on chess as an intricate pastime for contemplative graybeards But no even people uninterested in Why don't they ask about chess? he said given up now" she says "He was He sat on his bed idly moving the figures on the chess board in front of him He was dressed as omy a wnen he tirst went to the Brooklyn Chess Club He was pretty sensitive and they used to tease him about thinking he could play with grownups He played about four years before he won Dry them faster with Cannon dish towels Set of four 16x31 size Choice of colors Rec- 33c JLi JJ Jzicy Ij zJ at all "I tried to stnn him The erViroI i people said I should try to get I Conoco Super SAE 20 or 30 weight Top quality Quart cans Reg 506 ea d) for 13 mm away irom it He used to get awfully upset "You' know people say it's the publicity that attracts him to chess Well there wasn't any glory for years It was all discouragement" westerners prefer the usual in a sports shirt Bobby won the American chess championship in dungarees and a T-shirt no one remembers seeing him in a coat and tie YOU DON'T TALK The Russians keep winning the big ones in chess he said because "everybody there plays They're subsidized Sure they put out a lot of books' Yeah I can read a little Russian I can read the rrioves I Can speak a little Mr Pressman at NYU (New' York University) taught me "No you don't talk at chess tournaments Why should you talk? Except when you offer a draw But you can say anything They know what you mean Chess players speak lots of languages "Fun? No a tournament's no fun but they're all right" Duraduck lialiard and Pintails all rubber ready to use just toss in water Dozen 4 AMERICAN PRODIGY Young Bobby Fischer hailed as a budding chess genius is caught in a characteristic pose during a tournament match at the Manhattan Chess Club: nail-bitten fingers to lips coatless and tie-less a study in deep concentration This 15 year old Brooklyn boy has already won international fame for his chess play but remains virtually unknown outside of chess circles in his own country AP Newsf eature Photo) phenomenon that happens once in a hundred years in a thou sand "He is also a young boy He is not accustomed to such publicity and he can't handle it yet I i I I Pay for Blades not Advertising IF YOU VALUE IT LOCK IT i iiii 1 1 1 i i i fl itf'r chess are beginning to feel it' Does he think he can win the would be a fine feather in Uncle challengers and get a shot at Sam's cap to have Bobby whip Downtown Airport Terminal Central to everything Rooms from the wesVs largest hotel For reservation write wire or teletype LA354 the championship? He shrugged and twisted his lip "I don't xui juu must give umi a nine time He is a gtfod boy" I know" Wouldn't it be nice to bring the world chess crown back to the United States for the first time in a 100 years? A sudden charming grin lit his lcs face And all at once you could see why the people who have got inside his prickly shell like Bobby SAMSON kmm? -s i iricriA only LOCKS KEEP YOU SAFE THEY'RE BUILT iischer very much indeed "It would be nice" he agreed Bobby has iew friends his own age He comes home from school about 2 o'clock and picks up a chess book Every spare minute he is either reading about Chess analyzing moves on his bedside chess board or going somewhere ll 1 I LIKE A SAFE TEMPERED STEEL 1 You cant thefv witk on 4 o'why tpd good money lor it? 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