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ada came to host the action, is featured in the story below. On Pages 4 and 5, a profile of Al Horowitz, who is here from New York to cover the match; assessment of earlier play by Fischer and Taimanov in Horowitz' column that runs regularly in Spotlight; and a report on the first game, the game that set the scene for the playoff. The chess piece on Spotlight's cover is from a hand-carved ivory set of Chinese origin, between 150 and 250 years old, owned by Ford's Antiques on Granville Eyes of the chess world are on Vancouver site of quarter-final elimination play between American Bobby Fischer and Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union. The controversy that delayed start of play toward the world title matches, and how Can i. v.

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really wasn't anything out of the ordinary in itself. When the stakes are this big, pre-game sparring can be found in any competition, be it boxing or chess. What was unusual, however, was th heat with BATHROOM REMODELLING to' which one Soviet delegate attacked his host, the Canadian Chess Federation. Looking back at Alexander Kotov's accusation that Canada was inhospitable toward his gation, can only as these were rejected that the World Chess Federation approached Canada. Both the U.S.

and Soviet federations were reportedly delighted at the prospect of playing in Canada. The Canadian federation therefore could not decline. Vancouver was the natural choice. It is Canada's chess capital. Holding the competition wasn't going to be just a simple matter of arranging hotel reservations, a few official events, tours and finding suitable facilities for the actual match.

Prize money would have to be paid as well as picking up the competitors' expense tab. And Canada is not just paying the prescribed minimum in prize money, $232 to the winner and $139 to the loser, which the Communist countries always pay. The winner here will receive. $1,250 and the loser $750. That's $2,000 worth of hospitality just for openers.

You can count fares, hotel bills, plus 1,000 and one more items on top of that. All that just to do everyone concerned a favor. For its troubles, the Canadian Chess Federation got the back of Kotov'a hand. The Canadian officials are to be complimented for keepnig their cool and biting back the obvious answers. The person who most notably kept his cool was Fischer who has a reputation of a thin skin and easy provocation into walkouts.

Was this perhaps Kotov's intent in finding so much to quibble about with the University of B.C. Graduate Centre facilities? The Russians have provoked Fischer into previous walk Mirrors Lighting Flooring Decorating Accessories Boutiqu Estimating Designing Planning Structural Changes Fixtures Cabinets sume that it was an emotional outburst and that must have regrets now. In the first place, Canada is doing everyone concerned no small favor by hosting the match. It is going to tremendous expense for an event it did not ask to hold. After Bobby Fischer and Mark Taimanov were matched at Palma de Majorca, Spain, last year, the U.S.

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