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The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois • 2

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The Dispatchi
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Moline, Illinois
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THE DAILY DISPATCH Published In Moline. III. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1972 Fischer Refuses To Play Chess Before TV Cameras Fischer would forfeit thei 12 points to keep his world title! hall today. The organizM REYKJAVIK, (I PI) TV company broadcasting the the temperamental American' game tor 35 minutes Wednes- television, said he would not second game if he did not show but Fischer needs 12 1-2 to win. emptied the two rows Wednes- Bobby Fischer's represent a- $250,000 world chess champion-1 challenger from walking out.

day because he objected to its i show up for today's game with tives met with officials of the ships today to try to prevent' Fischer, who held up the first being filmed on closed circuit 1 world champion Boris Spassky of Russia unless all the TV Russia unless all the TV up within one hour of the Schmid also demanded a day at Fischers request but scheduled starting time of 5'personal apology from Fischer. I Schmid said this was a one- HE I I 1 I "I cameras were removed from cameras were removed from D.m. (1 p.m. LJJT). nscher lost The arhifpr said Fischer ca ed iime concession.

jjouDieneaaer sicyj acKing the hall. jthe first game to Spassky, him a liar when Schmid went Tne American One U.S. chess source said putting him one point behind backstage Wednesday to try to walked out Wednesday night Fischer was unlikely to change the Russian. A forfeit today jtajk Fischer into returning to because, two tiny TV cameras Philadelphia his mind. "You can talk to would put him two points the game.

Schmid also said the were hidden above the stage The National airlines flight message to the The passengers on the plane and used for the closed circuit with a crew of six was on its in Oklahoma City were released jrischer when he is winning but behind. organizers would be allowed to. (Continued From Page One) TV in the hall. not when he has lost, the. The match could go as many fill the two front rows of the source said.

'a 94 camps needs nnlv I snertator seats in the 3.000 seat by the lone hijacker, federal For reasons not immediately enroute to Dallas, agents said. control tower. After the plane landed within 100 yards of the main terminal the air pirates transmitted a warning "Get us another 727 immediately or something will Fred Cramer, a vice president of the U.S. Chess Federation and acting on behalf way from Miami to New York City when the hijackers ordered it back to Philadelphia from where it had taken off less than an hour earlier. Lothar Schmid, the official referee in the match, said1 known, however, he surren-who demanded dered in mid-air.

The pistol he parachutes, or-j was carrying was found to be The man. $550,000 nd Jttrbn: block dered the plane with its 50, empty. "Bring a car with parachutes happen." Final Moves In 1st Chess Match passengers and crew of seven, In Philadelphia FBI agents and the money in it to within 50 National Airlines sent two 727s from Miami one of them of Fischer, said negotiations were underway with Richard C. Stein, a lawyer for Chester Fox the U.S. company which owns the TV and film rights for the match.

"There is no solution yet, but as long as we talk there is a Fl to circle the Dallas-Forth Worth refused to turn the money overyards of the plane on the right area but eventually permitted it to the air pirates until the side and then wait until we call carrying the in ransom. The American Airlines pl.uie io iana ar Manoma en v. passengers were released. again, tne Hijackers said in a REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) (Symbols: In British Ameri- The final moves in the first can usage, each move in a match of the world chess chess match is recorded using chance Cramer said. was hijacked over north Texas on the Oklahoma City-to-IJallas leg of a cross-country flight from New York to Los Angeles.

The hijacker, described as championship between Boris letters for each chess piece and Schmid said the Amsterdam Spassky of Russia and Bobby numbers for each square on the Fischer of the United States tkMU mimt Uk-W lto mm elderly and nervous, permitted Spassky (white) Fischer (black) the plane to land at Oklahoma agreement between Spassky and Fischer allows TV coverage of the match and if Fischer refused to play because of the presence of the cameras this would be a breach of the agreement. Fischer never signed 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 City then forced it. into the air.

After circling the area for about three hours the plane was notified by the control tower that the ransom was ready and i the hijacker permitted it to! land again. The money was deliv ered to numbered: KR3, or king's rook agreement but he sent a cable UNITED STATES -fMV A "AItlCAN'S" SSRSSif' Vv tnrougn me v.t. cness group accepting it "under protest." Officials said they considered the cable legally binding. 41. 42.

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53. 54. 55. PXP KXP K-R5 K-B4 B-K3 K-K5 B-B2 K-B4 B-R4 P-K4 B-KT5 P-K5 B-K3 K-B3 K-KT4 K-K4 K-KT5 K-Q4 K-B5 P-R4 B-B2 P-KT4 KXP K-B5 K-B5 K-KT5 KXP KXP K-Q5 K-KT4 Chart shows the position of the chessmen at the conclusion of first game of the world championship match between American Bobby Fischer nd Russian Boris Spassky after Fischer conceded to the Russian on (he 5fitb move. The American gave up when he saw he could not prevent Spassky from moving his only surviving pawn to Fischer's side of the board, thus turning it into a queen, the most powerful piece in the game.

(I'PI) 3. The letters and their corresponding pieces are: king; queen; bishop; Kt knight; rook; pawn. An between letters indicates the first piece captured the second. 0-0 indicates specuiea place on the runway and one passenger left the jetliner to pick it up. Then the I passengers were released A.

S. Co. FIRE EXT. RECHARGING AND HYDRO TESTING WAREHOUSE SALES A SERVICI NOW OPEN 1147 16th Molina 762-4580 castling. "CH" indicates MUmI Hie hijacker indicated he wished to fly north from Oklahoma City saying "he wouldn't need much fuel." i "check" or that the king is threatened with capture.

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