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M.ftfeJlritWtwa cmgnttitfcimt: CHESS Fischer Fans Gain in If Fischer does not show up, Spassky will play the Russian defensive strategist, Tigran Petrosian. for the title. Considering that he has put his life into getting to this very point, many of. the chess buffs gathered here found it inconceivable that Fischer would throw it all away for a few thousand extra dollars. "If he wins here, he'll be set" for life one said.

"Bobby is no fool, a fool would throw away-this cp-' portunlty. lurhiisjhfidence EYEAACEASITDAN choice) and half in Bel-grade (Fischer's choice and the city offering the most money). That arrangement col-" lapsed when the American Chess Federation refused a Yugoslav" demand for financial guarantee that Fischer would show up a move which in today's hindsight seems eminently wise of the Yugoslavs, On past record Spassky should beat Fischen He has done so three times and drawn twice in five matches with the American. But he is 35, which is pushing the old age limit for chess champions, and the brash young American may still be approaching If ou hove an idea or invention that yon beliavo merit, wo would bo interested in hearing from you. Our business is to devel op and promote ideas and inventions.

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But this leaves -him less than 12 hours to rest up and to go over the final details of arrangements. Under normal tournament rules, Fischer could miss three games before Spassky would get three points for those games, of course, and he needs only 12 to re-tain his championship whereas Fischer needs 12V6 to win. The Russian has been here since June 26, playing tennis and riding about in a Ford Bronco, the car he asked for and which travels well over this volcanic island's rough tracks. Fischer asked for a Mercedes limousine with automatic drive. The Icelanders are particularly bitter over Fischer's tactics because they were counting on filling the hall here with 3,000 persons every night, at least at the start, to bring in the revenue they need to stage this tourney.

They've already spent and will spend much mora even if Fischer never shows. "People are not coming to Iceland and the Icelandic people are not buying ets until they are sura FisV cher is here," said federa- tion chief Thorarinsson. So far, they've sold only two-. thirds of the tickets for the opening match, and far fewer for the subsequent ones. The Icelanders nevertheless were putting on: the best front possible.

"He accepted to play in Iceland," Thorarinsson said, "and he's not the type to break his word." The match has created intense excitement in the relatively large world of chess fanatics, not only because of the big power aspects of an American challenge to Soviet domination but because it had seemed likely to be an exciting match. Fischer is a dramatic and sometimes almost impulsive player, a strategist first and foremost, whereas Spassky is a supreme tactician. The match almost bogged down in a tremendous hasslejust when it seemed arranged that half the games be played in Reykjavik (Spassky's INTERNATIONALH347 BEVERLY BLVD. WOOLENS vBHt IZtSk 33S. the height of his prowess, CUSTOM MADE LABOR FREE LARGE SELECTION! Minimum Length 72" LA.

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Spassky has a seemingly easier style. He does not KASHDAN PREDICTS Bobby Fischer should defeat Boris Spassky in 20 or 21 of the maximum 24 games scheduled. The final score should be between 13-7 (65 for Fischer) and UVzSM (60). mind clearer positions, and will accept a draw rather than gamble. However, Spassky also has the ability to create positions impossible to analyze thoroughly in the limited time of a match game.

In such situations Spassky's judgment is excellent, at least as good as Fischer's. It is in such tense struggles that anything can happen. L7 to (I 1 I II rrr-T i If i ji Contiauedlrom First Paje landers have already promised them. Wr are tryfrgto financial disaster said Iceland Chess Federation President Gudmundur Thorarinson. "We are not budging." The financial rewards were 10 times greater than for any previous match, he said.

Spassky was asked if the match would start today. "I don't think so," he answered in English. The financial dispute jeopardized i r' chance to end 45 years of Soviet domination over world chess and also his chance to become the sec-ond American world champion. The first was Paul Morphy, who in 1857 was the second world champion. Fischer's representative and the chief arbiter, Schmid, a German publisher of Wild West books, agreed that the special chess board to be used in the match was not good.

It reflected glare from the fluorescent lights insisted upon by Fischer. Schmid also suggested the organizers lay deep pile carpeting in the hall, normally a sports arena, to muffle noise. The chairs have been changed for the same reason, and every furniture store in Reykjavik was ransacked Saturday for possible seats for the two competitors themselves. LOS ANGELES 1207 WAShSNGTON VAN FAMOUS fjobby Fischer will be the challenger In Reykjavik, Iceland, when he faces world chess champion Boris iSpassky of the Soviet Union for the title. It should be the other way around, in the opinion of Fischer and a growing coterie of supporters.

They feel the boy (now a man of 29) from Brooklyn should have been champion 10 years ago. "While this is an old story to chess buffs, what matters now is that the match is on, with 24 grueling games to go. How do you assess their chances? Look at the record. They have met five times, and Spassky has three wins. Two games ended in draws.

'70 Olympics Match Their most recent match was i Chess Olympics in Siegen, West Germany, in 1970. Fischer had the black pieces, a slight disadvantage. Spassky was ready to simplify and equalize in the early stages, but Fischer sought to complicatt the game, taking risks to develop a win. At the critical point Spassky counterattacked. Intent on his own plans, Fischer did not react quickly enough, and Spassky won in a pretty finish.

They played twice in the Piatigorsky Cup Tournament in Santa Monica in 1966. Fischer was in one of his rare slumps and seemed disheartened. He lost two games in a row before meeting Spassky. The Russian soon had the better game, played more energetically, and nudged his advantage to a win. Fischer Rallied The score was a factor in their second game in the next to last round.

Fischer 'had rallied and moved into tie for first place with Spassky. This time Spassky played the blacks. He was determined to draw the game, and let the tournament decision go to the final round. It was a hard, well-played game on both sides, and a draw was the proper result. Spassky's strategy was successful.

In the final round Spassky defeated the tailender, Hans Don-ner of Holland, while Fischer was held to a draw by former world champion '-Tigran Petrosian. Spassky gained first prize by a half-point margin. For the last two years the record is all in Fischer's favor. Ha has won matches and tournaments by amazing margins. Since winning the title in 1969, Spassky's play has been mediocre.

The official explanation is that the champion has been holding back, saving his best moves for Fischer. They say he has many new ideas to try on the one major threat to Soviet chess hegemony. What is the secret of Bobby's success? If there is a one-word answer, it is Russ Release Husband of U.S. Woman CINCINNATI (SWudy said Saturday her Russian-born, Zionist husband had been released from prison in Moscow during a pretrial investigation. Mrs.

Shapiro said she spoke to her husband, Ga-vriel Shapiro, by telephone. The couple wa3 married -in a religious ceremony early in June but Soviet officials refused to permit a civil marriage. Shapiro was arrested in -Moscow June 12 after his bride had left to return to -the United States because her visa expired. Shapiro had been in hiding for about a month prior to the wedding, trying to avoid active military duty. He emerged from hiding for the religious service.

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