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The Register: Danville, July 13, 1972 Fischer Was In Hopeless Position '-r World Champion Wins First Game Of Chess Series REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) champion Boris Spassky won the first game Wednesday in his world title chess series against American Bobby Fischer. Fischer, in a hopless position, resigned. He stood up, folded his score sheet and walked out of the Reykjavik sports palace. The decision confirmed the Judgment of the exports who considered Fischer was in a difficult position when the game was adjourned after 40 moves Tuesday night. The victory gave Spassky a 1- 0 lead in the 24-game match and an important psychological advantage.

Fischer has never beaten Spassky. His winlcss streak against the Russian now stood at six games. Fischer's resignation came after he had staged a walkout, apparently in objection to mov- ie cameras in the back of the hall. He stormed offstage and did not return for 30 minutes. Then a while later, Fischer indicated he had given up by TOO COLD TO ROT WELLINGTON, N.Z.

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Park bench players usu- ally do it by turning their king on its side. He shook hands with Spassky and before he left, Fischer turned and waved to the crowd. spectators applauded Spassky. At the side of Fischer's car outside the stagedoor was a friend since childhood, John Collins, a wheel chair-ridden paraplegic who taught Fischer the moves when he was a kid in Brooklyn, N.Y. Fischer rolled down the win- dow and said, "I'm sorry for what happened.

It will settle down." Then he drove away to the air-conditioned seclusion of his SG3-a-day hotel suite. Outside the hall Fischer was asked about a report from Lon- don that financier James Slater might not be able to get about $120,000 worth of promised prize money out of England be cause of British currency re- strictions. "No comment," Fischer said. It was Slater's last-minute offer of more money which ended Fischer's two-day holdout at the scheduled start of the match. i resigned after 56lh move.

It was an hour and three minutes after the adjourned game was re- sumed in the sports palace. At the end, Fischer had a king and two pawns against Spassky's king, bishop and one pawn. Fischer began by trying to advance two passed pawns on his king's side down to the last rank. Spassky stopped him without trouble. The American then shifted his effort to the queen's side where Spassky had two blocked pawns.

Spassky's bishop could Cambodian Cabinet Reshuffled have protected one of them un- til doomsday with his bishop which controlled the diagonal. The opening game of the world championship was ad- VIENTIANE, Laos A taries of state have temporarily I taken over their duties. The announcement came after two months of growing pressure by the National As- sombly to increase the number Premier Souvanna Phouma an- of deputies in the Cabinet. An nounced a sweeping Cabinet re- addition of two deputies brings shuffle Wednesday of his seven the number of assem- tite government, formed 10 bJymen in the Cabinet, years ago. The premier, however, re- Four old members are out, fused to bow to assembly and eight new men are in and threejbusiness demands that Finance current members were pro-jMinister Sisouk Na Champas- moted or shifted to new posts, jak be removed.

Siouk will re- The premier told newsmen'main as finance minister and that the leftist Pathet is also expected to continue isters, absent from the Souvanna's delegate to the ment since 19C3, would retain minister of defense, which Sou- their posts even though officially holds. journcd Tuesday night after 40 moves. Fischer and the defending champion from Russia left tho table- with the American in a difficult position. Spassky's 41st move was written on a slip of paper, put in a sealed envelope at the close of play Tuesday night and given to Chief Referee Lothar jSchmid of West a Schmid ceremoniously opened the envelope at 5 p.m., 1 p.m. EDT--and made Spassky's move.

After five minutes of play and several indecisive moves toy both men, Fischer popped up, spoke animatedly to Schmid and stalked offstage. Schmid followed him off. There wasn't much material left on the board after the ex- change. As a difficult end-game commenced Fischer had a king and four pawns, Spassky king, two pawns and a bishop. Fred Cramer, a U.S.

Chess Federation official who went backstage to talk to Fischer, said the American had com- plained about the presence of movie cameras in the back of the hall. They were about 150 i away and seemed in- 1 audible from where Fischer sal. Fischer's walkout lasted about half an hour. Fischer had two hours from Ihe start of the adjourned game 'to make 12 moves. A half hour after the game resumed Fis- cher had made three moves.

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