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vi, iy-rni Fischer's 29 il SDnnDniimcBrp Move Called a Rare Blunder '5- kt'L 7, 1 BY ISAAC KASHDAN 5 Tmt Cba Edlter The first game of 'the championship chess match between titleholder Boris Spasskyfof the Soviet Union and challenger ci by Fischer of the United States did not follow, any of the scripts that might have been written by tha knowledgeable Of most interest to chess buffs was to see who would be the Spassky had the white pieces and would make the first move. Would Spassky try for a quick initiative, or would he develop quietly to, see what Fischer would do? Fischer practically always goes for; the whether ahead or behind. Each of the' players has been preparing for rthe other for years. They knew that some day they would meet, and that the stakes would be high. Each knows every published 'game of his opponent.

Each has undotiS-tedly prepared many innovations for this matcn. Would one of sprung 'in opening game? until near the end, it was one of the'dul-lest "championship detests on record. It -''V. yr-fi Afti SlP- 3 'it 1 Y1 surprise' when Spassky started Hth an advande of Tlis queen pawn. Fischer played a defrislB popularized in the 1920s by Aron Denmark.

the first moves the game wa's identical with one pliyfed in 1951 between Petrosidh and Tolush; of the' Soviet moves "later queens were exchange, and the pawn formation was left in exact balance. More pieces soon went off the board, including vall the rooks, by the 23rd move. Draw Foreseeable At that point it seemed only a question of time be-fnr one of the Dlayers would propose a draw and the other would toThe chance of error by players of this status was not worthy of consideration. But it happened. On his 29th turn Fischer took a pawn that was unprotected.

Both players knew that the capturing bishdp could be trapped. What had or missed? It must be put down as a rare miscalculation by the American genius. Perhaps he thought there was a saving resource by 32 4 P-R6. The threat of further advance by the pawn might enable the bishop to escape. But Spassky would continue with 33 K-N4, B-N8; 35-B-Q2, and the bishop, if still lost.

In the remaining moves Fischer resisted as hard as possible. It remains to be seen whether he can Recover from the one error. A clock with two dials, is provided. When a made the player presses' a lever which stops the movement on bis starts his opponent's timer. Following are the moves and a diagram of the position when play Each player had complex ed 40 moves.

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