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Sun.Julyl6J972-$PgtA Fischer Seen as the Villain side ue out by Icelanders REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) Bobby Fischer may have helped the sales of chess set3 in the United States but in Iceland, where chess is taken "seriously, he has few if any friends left, In contrast, Russian world champion Boris Spassky has never been more popular with Iceland's 210,000 chess-mad inhabitants. Icelanders are beginning to ask themselves whv 1 1 od sott -in' cv $99- ot ator care fftWet. cUc, ipPef: co or eg for at 1UT i3v they bothered to bid for the "chess match of the century," a3 the Fischer. Spassky world championship match has been billed. When the temperamental American failed to show up for the second game Thursday and the judge announced from the stage that he had forfeited the game, the spectators rose and applauded.

Send Him Back "Send him back to the United States," shouted one voice in English from the gallery. Iceland's five daily newspapers, which were gearing up to cover their biggest story in years, have also turned on the 29-year-old American. "The chess scandal of the century," said the Ti-minn, one of the leading newspapers. Another newspaper printed a picture of Fischer's locked hotel room door with a "Don't Disturb" sign under the headline: "Come Out and Fight, Bobbv Fischer. Or Ari ot and ent -rift ed stv 0c att HI des 8.

od acCC1 ft VJO You a Coward?" In contrast, pictures of the well mannered and pleasant world chamnion Spassky walking, fishing for salmon or playing tennis adorn the front oases every other day. The Icelanders, who are od. ta' nse neao fc -nOI. terra1 iftedY asts bo $99. aW .50 a friendly people, have gone out of their way to please both Fischer and Spassky.

Left Luxury Villa They provided a luxury villa for Fischer on the outskirts of Reykjavik and they were upset when the American moved out after only a couple of days and demanded a new one. "Spassky never demanded anything but his hotel suite and he thanked us when we set up a tennis court for him. Fischer does nof even talk to us. He sends his requests arid complaints through some aides," said the ches3 federation official. ternra.

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or on vet CHESS Continued from First Pag the match rules" which spell out that official cameras for filming will be allowed in the hall. The organizers must guarantee that they are neither visible nor audible. Schmid thus apparently ruled out the possibility of removing the cameras, although the Icelandic Chess Federation said it would be prepared to discuss this if there was no other solution. And Schmid said the match rules allow him to move the match, "at least temporarily to give Fischer a chance to calm down," from the chess hall to a closed backstage room. The rules say that any Dlaver ran romioct cnk tutt I -ov ouvu a move if he is distracted by noise and ha mnro iirn car9 or eTfV $99 citrus.

9 4A9.50." ou'bac caV 20 minutes of his original two and a half hours playing time left on the clock. "It mav snimrf acmv 0 Wet tr'V egs- lern. attW ca rrv kO Ui but I believe there are pre- redpnfa in nthon elerV a 1 lifted de' nd-W so. chess matrhps eai a Ann. tests- inc ty judge Gudmundur Am- 1 1.

iaugnsson. He said the sivvfatnr $99. who have paid $5 for a ticket, wnnl.i he ah! .50. follow the game on the closed circuit television screen if risrfcpr cameras in the backstage room, 'but thev would of course miss the excite ment of a i the players in action." There no immpHiat reaction from Spassky or Fischer to the nroDosal. but officials said SHOP ALL STORES SUNDAY, 11 AM to 5 PM INCLUDING DOWNTOWN Us AitcS Pasadenj BR(versid9 Robertson Pl32a Telephone 624-3355 Am Santa Monica Van Nuys Ventura West Ccvina Whlttler Spassky cannot po asain.it a request bv FUrhpr move th ram hiU4 closed i.

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