The Times Standard from Eureka, California • Page 6

Page 6 Wednesday, July 12, 1972 THE TIMES-STANDARD Eureka, California Spassky's Champion Class Showing REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) --Caught in a hopelessly drawn game, temnermcnlal American challenger Hobby Fischer to.ok a chance lo bring some life into his first world chess champion- chip game. In that moment, soft-spoken and mild mannered i Spassky proved why he is the world champion in the noblest of games. He immediately pounced on Fischer's bishop--left trapped after capturing one of the Russian's pawns--and the game turned distinctly in Spassky's favor. Spassky asked for adjournment after 40 moves and 4-1-2 hours play. When the two resume the game the first in their $250,000, 24-game world match --Spassky has a bishop and three pawns against Fischer's five pawns.

Play resumes at 5 p.m. (1 p.m. EOT). Most experts assembled here seemed to agree that Spassky has a chance to win, while Fischer should be happy he salvages a draw. But nobody has come up with an explanation why the American chess genius went straight into what appeared to be a Russian trap.

"He took a chance to win a chance," said Danish grandmaster Jens Eneveoldsen. "We will never know until Fischer tells us--if he does," said a international grandmaster. Fischer obviously was displeased with his game. After the adjournment he angrily demanded a meeting with the Icelandic organizers to complain against what he described as the noisy audience. Some 3,000 Icelanders and foreign chess enthusiasts had packed into the Lagardur Hall for the opening thriller.

But most knowledgable observers said they felt the audience was more quiet than is normal at lop chess games. The Icelanders rejected Fischer's demand and told him it is up to the official referee, Lothar Schmid of West Germany, to run the game from now on. Spassky's seconds, including international grand masters Efrim Gelter and Nikolai Krogius, sent their world champion to sleep and spent the night and the morning hours analyzing the position to find a winning combination for Spassky. Many experts feel they will suceed, even if Gcller himself modestly 'suggested: "I believe we will have a draw." Chess board: positions today PILLSBURY FLOUR 10 IB. MR.

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