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The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 13

Publication:
The Miami Heraldi
Location:
Miami, Florida
Issue Date:
Page:
13
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Thurs July 13 1972 THE MIAMI HERALD 13-A Bobby Fischer Drops Game No 1 in Chess Title Bid REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) World Chets Champion Boris Spassky of Russia defeated Bobby Fischer In the first game of their S250-000 championship match Wednesday putting the unpredictable American ona point behind in what could be a 24-game series Fischer who had stopped play in the game for 3S minutes to protest the presence of two-closed-circuit television cameras high above the contest stage resigned on the 56th move He gave up when he saw he could not prevent Spassky moving his only surviving pawn to side of the board thus turning It into a queen the most powerful piece in game Fischer stood up made a helpless gesture to the audience and walked off The second game was scheduled for Thursday at 1 pm Play in the interrupted first game resumed on time but Fischer walked out after three moves to protest the two television cameras Match organizers covered the cameras with a cloth but Fischer said they still bothered him SPASSKY made the first move Wednesday taking one of remaining pawns Fischer then took a pawn from Spassky with his king After 40 moves and 4 hours of play Tuesday Spassky held the advantage with a bishop and three pawns against five pawns Play was halted when Spas sky 35 asked for an ad-journment and Fischer agreed Experts agreed that only the Russian master could win the first game They said the best Fischer could hope for was a draw The match may go for 24 games Spassky as champion must get 12 points to win Fischer as challenger must get 12 ft Each win counts for one point and a draw one-half point The two chess masters have played each other five times in the past Spassky won three of the games and two were draws FISCHER 29 arrived for opening game eight minutes after Spassky playing the white pieces made his first move The American challenger responded to opening queen gambit by setting up a Nimzo-Indian defense The two exchanged major pieces including the queens in the 11th and 12th moves Playing briskly Fischer pulled a bishop back to queen two on the 14th move to prepare the way for active use of his rooks Then Fischer made a move that most experts said ended his chance of winning the game The American took Spassky's king-rook pawn with his bishop but left his last remaining major piece trapped The softspoken Spassky then showed why he is world champion by quickly taking Fischer's bishop while losing only two of his pawns CHESS experts could not explain why Fischer moved into what appeared to be a trap by Spassky took a chance to win a said Danish Grandmaster Jens Enveo Id-sen Bobby Fischer pondering PK How Win Unfolded Move by Move DINNER A COMPLIMENTARY COCKTAIL OPEN SALAD BAR Urn: 13V mlnufot white 111 Km klns'i aiMHd ninimi of the kins ts numeored: rook REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) The progression of moves in the first game of the world chess championship match between champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States Tuesday: (Symbols: In Rrffiih-Amorlcofi suss toch movs In a chon somo Is rscordsd usins lottors lor tack chon place snd numban tar each iware on the boom Tho saunros ora numbered slant tbo columns lor files) snd nomad tar tbo piaco Initially slltlno at tbo first sauorn of tbo filo Far example tbo third snuoro In front of tbs rook on tbo sido (Tho lottors and tbolr corrosnondlns locos ora: kins euoen Wshoni Kt kniobti rook between lottors Indies tss tbo first piaco captured tbo second 0-0 Indicates castlino "Ch" Indicates "chock" or that the kins Is threatened with capture) Special club dinner includes your cboice of soup or juice selected beef poultry or seafood entree potato vegetable rolls and butter tea or coffee and open salad bar Served Monday Thursday and Friday to PM at Gulf stream Restaurant Miami and Fort Lauderdale Monday through Friday at Dadeland and 163rd Street: Monday through Saturday at Hollywood and West Palm Beach -NOTICE TO NEW YORK CITY WEEKEND SPECIAL FBI JULY 14 -SDN JULY IB 358-4808 FOR IMMEDIATE RESERVATIONS CENTURY 2000 pmlUixJv i MN Read All Day Classified Ads FREE PARKING ATALLJM STORESI SALE! 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