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THE SACRAMENTO BEE Page D19 Sunday July 2 1972 The Chess Column Sunday Crossword Puzzle Solution is on page D22 History Indicates The Odds Are Against Fischer Alekhine 1927-35 and 1937-46 France and Max Euwe 1935-37 In 1948 a tournament was organized by the international chess federation to find a successor to Alekhine Every champion since then has been a Soviet citizen: Mikhail Botvinnik 1948-57 1958-60 and 1961-63 Vassily Smyslov 1957-58 Mikhail Tal 1960-61 Tigran Petro-sian 1963-69 and Spassky 1969 to the present i i i 1 i i 1960) and three for 11 is a dismal winning percentage of little more than 27 per cent The only other US competitor for the championship Frank Marshall failed in 1907 (zero percentage) no English-speaking chess player has ever worn the world crown (also zero per cent) and only citizens of the Soviet Union have won since World War II (100 per cent success) Admittedly Fischer's chances seem dim in this light There is a bright side The world champion has lost six of the last seven matches beginning in 1958 for a losing percentage of 88 per cent founded by psychology and bows to genius The world chess championship is a relatively recent competition only since 1948 has there been a standard and accepted method of determining the champion and is still limited to those who play European or Western chess If Fischer wins he will join a pantheon of chess immortals whose names ought to be familiar to all those interested in chess The champions the years of their reign and the countries they represented are: Wilhelm Steinitz 1866-94 Austria-Hungary Emmanuel Lasker 1894-1921 Germany Jose Raul Capablanca 1921-27 Cuba Alexander By Fauber and Frank Garosi Special To The Bee Cognoscenti and aficionados of chess have tried every which way to assess Bobby Fischer's chances against Boris Spassky in the championship match scheduled to begin today in Reykjavik Iceland No one however has made a statistical-historical analysis of championship confrontation Since the first world challenge match in 1872 challengers have been successful in only 11 of 28 attempts or 40 per cent of the time Moreover only three challengers succeeded in even-numbered years (1894 1958 Devoured Breeding 17 Groups of three 18 Bout (colloq) Dirk Fur-bearing mammal 25 Metric weight 27 Italian title Act 31 Great bustard 33 Suspended 36 Drinks slowly Stalk 40 European Worn-out horse 43 Traded for money 45 Pounded down 46 Pellucid Nip 49 Cravats 51 Daughter of Tantalus 52 Most revealing Unmarried woman 54 Remain 56 Discourages E9 Is overbearing 60 Stalemated 61 Finishes 63 Hand pump 65 Support Worm Exist Felt through the senses 72 Because 74 Babylonian deity 76 Note of seal Damages 79 Peer Gynf mother 83 Meadow 85 Characteristics 86 Sea eagle Fruit Word of sorrow 128 Young lady 130 Be aware of 132 Repair 133 Stopper 134 Paid notices 135 Allowance for waste Narrow opening 139 Conjunction 140 Loved one 141 Greek island 143 Girl's name 145 Female deef More timid 148 Rues Sea nymphs 152 Smaller 153 Yugoslav leader 154 Roster Thoroughfare 157 Slumbered Aid 159 Projecting tooth Distance measure (pi) DOWN 1 Spanish for "house" (pi) Thoroughfare Streamers 4 Cover 5 Lamb's pen name 6 Exclamation High mountain 8 Chief Olympian god New Englanders Slogan Simians Equality Sergeant-at-tew (abbr) 14 Draw water from Creek letter 89 French article 90 Mistakes 91 Send forth 92 Snake 93 Crown 94 King of Bashan 96 Rail bird 97 Barracuda 100 Initials of 26th President European herb 105 Animal feet Corner 112 Body of water 113 Antlered animal 114 Climbing device Formerly 1 8 Vast ages 3 Worldly 121 Calumniate Experts Weight of India (pi) Mustier Writing implement Winglike Spare 131 Overgrown with trees 132 Spars 133 Equal 134 Jargon 136--Spanish for "three" Trials 140 Food program Whale 142 Short jacket Aspiring to be artistic Tear 148 Bone of body 149 Music: as written 151 Period of firm) 153 Symbol for tantalum Symbol for silver Opo tebbrj Uninteresting person Transgress Declares Frolics Galley with two banks of oars Notice 78 Country of Asia Highways 81 Dutch town r-Land surrounded by water (pi) Part of foot 86 Goes in Carpenter's tool Hawaiian wreath Worship Collect Theater box Showy flowers Conveyed formally Halt Southwestern Indian Dock 106 Rupees (abr) Parent (colloq) Ireland Before Parent (colloq) Strokes The spirit Prefix: down Plumtike fruit Near Cuts Banners Weaving machine Plays on words message 6 Unclear JO Charts Trousers 19 Benefits Appellation of Athena Semi-precious stone Surgical stitch Dispatching One who plays on words Fault 29 Girl's Rem 30 Danish island Parodies Pi la 34 Make lac 35 Petitions Dines The self Fight between two Jujrtso Goddess of discord Fingerless glove Alight 47 Taverns 48 Blemish Condiment Tolerate Manuscript (abbr) Skidded Millimeter (abbr) rfpost Tropical fruit 60 Symbol for tellurium Possessive pronoun Profound Hebrew letter What duvs this statistical-historical analysis mean? Nothing of course Luckily history is and statistics are meaningless All analysis is con For Senor Citizens Band Concert Dancing Are Scheduled Extravagant praise has been draped about the following masterpiece the so-called "Immortal Game" in which the victor takes only three pawns and no pieces from the loser while yielding up his queen two rooks a bishop and two pawns Adolf Andersen the German master stunned his opponent with a series of brilliant combinations that compels admiration and inspires awe Kings Gambit A Anderssen Kieseritzky 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 P-KB4 PxP 3 B-B4 Q-R5ch 4 K-Bl P-QN4 5 BxP N-KB3 6 N-KB3 Q-R3 7 P-Q3 N-R4 8 N-R4 Q-N4 9 N-B5 P-QB3 10 P-KN4 N-B3 11 R-Ni: PxB: 12 P-KR4 Q-N3 13 P-R5 Q-N4 14 Q-B3 N-Nl 15 BxP Q-B3 16 N-B3 B-B4 17 N-Q5! QxP (See diagram: Anderssen is now on the verge of inundating his hapless opponent with sacrifices) 18 B-Q6 BxR 19 P-K5! QxRch 20 K-K2 N-QR3 21 NxPch K-Ql 22 Q-B6ch NxQ 23 B-K7 mate! noon Volunteers are needed for special community services such as providing bandages for cancer patients Those interested in helping should contact the Senior Citizens director 7801 Auburn Blvd telephone forts are made to determine why there is no answer and if a problem exists The aim of the program is to give service to the elderly person ho may become disabled in the home or be in need of any service which could be provided by community resources Senior citizens participating in this program need never feel alone At St Center there is al-w avs someone who cares at three locations on Wednesday: 6815 24th St 9 am to noon 1820 Capitol Ave 1 to 2 pm and 1725 St 2:30 to 4 pm Hearing tests will be administered by the Sacramento Hearing Society on Thursday 1 to 3 pm at 1725 St The Sacramento Housing Authority's Senior Service Centers are located at 1725 St 1820 Capitol Ave 2526 St 480 Redwood Ave 2671 Rio Unda Blvd and 6815 24th St They are open daily and offer a variety of games cards and social events Expert instruction is provided for crafts ceramics sewing and All senior citizens are invited to attend the July 4th band concert which will be held in the park at the Senior Citizens Center 915 27th St at 6 pm The concert will be presented by the North Sacramento Municipal Band under the direction of Jack Holden Dancing and refreshments will follow the concert The 27th Street center is open each day for canasta cribbage chess checkers pinochle shuffleboard and horseshoes Mixed craft and workshop (mosaic ceramics pouring and miscellaneous crafts) is from noon to 4 pm Monday through Friday The center offers expert instruction in crafts stitchery and oil and water-color painting LMM 6 7 8 9 tm 10 12 13 mm 15 16 17 16 i2' 22 24 25 26 27 35 36 37 39 40 WAZ 43 44 45 HP48 49 MM 53 54 g55 56 57 58 60 61 62 63 Hj64 65 6667 Hf" 71 72 73 74 75 7fT 77 78 79 jW) 98 100 fo-pioT WklZ0 Si? 121 122 123 125 33? 37 I '26 p127 128 129 pl30 131 132 vyj 134 7135" 36" ll7 138 39 X-S140 3141 ivsi43" 144145" U6 mT '49 151 152 fxisfT wM If135" MWm An Information and Referral Service will be started at the Senior Citizen Center 18th and Streets on Monday July 12 The program is designed to bridge the gap between persons who do not know where to turn for help and local social agencies which exist to provide help The service will be available from 9:30 to noon and 1:30 to 3 pm Mondays through Fridays at the "street center It is hoped the service will be expanded to the north and south areas in the near future For further information call 444-6528 A public health nurse provided by the Sacramento County Department of Public Health will be available Sacramento senior citizens are among the most active in the country Retired people often lead lonely and isolated lives because they are unaware of what is available to them or because they think they do not fit in with established groups The Senior Citizen Centers listed in this column believe they have something to offer everyone and constantly work to fill whatever need exists All senior citizens are urged to drop in at the centers make friends and get involved in the many programs they Chess players may still sign up for the summer tournament at the Davis Chess Club tomorrow night at 7 pm in the games room of the UCD Student Union Newcomers will play their first round of the Swiss tournament at that time Entry fee is $2 and players must be members of the US Chess Federation Those over 50 years of age and living alone are urged to join the Telephone Reassurance Program sponsored bv St Paul Center 15th and Streels The program provides a daily safety check and an opportunity for friendly contact with olhers If responses to telephone calls are not received ef- The Citrus Heights Senior Citizens Club of the Sunrise Recreation and Park District is sponsoring guitar lessons for intermediate students The classes will be held at the Rusch Park Community Center on Thursday i 11 ni 'i rl 7 In vi Distributed Dy United Future syndicate Inc Win a months TlfEE GROCERIES Instructor will be Glenn Ernst For further information call 725-1585 The club also sponsors a drop-in program on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Community Center for such activities as crafts ceramics enameling horseshoes chess and cards The Volunteer Bureau will meet Monday 9 am to1 TV Key Previews CAMERA THREE "Clambake!" (Repeat) If you're in the mood for a mouthwatering glimpse of an old-fashioned American clambake tune in here for a gander at the one Craig Claiborne culinary expert extraordinary arranged in iqflheBees "SUMMER I Channel 6 Highlights Tonight ill FESTIVAL prize dfawfiig Featured programs on Sacramento's public television station KVIE: WORLD CHESS MATCH The first game in the Reykjavik Iceland tournament between chess grand masters Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union will be covered without interruption Shelby Lyman a chess master and instructor will receive the plav-bv-play ball comedy full of unconventional fun stars Sean Connery Joanne Woodward and Joan Seberg Sean Connery gives a very fine performance as a bold outspoken racial poet who gets caught up in his own momentum Joanne Woodward as his waitress-wife is brash and funny and the rest of the cast made up mostly of Broadway actors add to the film's effectiveness 7:30 pm CBS 2R 5 5M 10 12 WALT DISNEY "Disney on Parade" (Repeat) Through the years the vast number of Disney films TV shows and cartoons have created an array of instantly recognizable characters such as Donald Duck Mickey Mouse Pluto Peter Pan Cinderella Alice in Wonderland who have been grouped together in a traveling show called "Disney on Parade" This hour is devoted to highlights of the show which should greatly appeal to the voungsters 7:30 pm NBC 2K 3 4 4R 7R 10M The FBI "The Test" (Repeat) A better-than-average guest cast Robert Fox-worth John Colicos and Harold Gould sparks this entry involving the kidnapping of a businessman The FBI comes in on the case and has to work quickly if the ransom demand deadline is to be met and the aging businessman's life is to be sacd 8:30 pm ABC 13 will act as moderator 12 pm NBC 3 4 AAU INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS Two exciting events are featured here today One is the US Nationals versus Western Hemisphere Boxing championship from Elyria Ohio and the other is the 1972 National AAU Decathlon Championships from the Los Angeles Coliseum in Los Angeles Calif 12 pm CBS 2K 2R 5 5M 10 12 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS Live from the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in St Louis Mo the men's singles final will be telecast at this hour Tennis buffs take note 12:30 pm NBC 3 4 TENNIS CLASSIC Marty Riessen of Chicago seeded No 7 plays Australia's Roy Emerson seeded No 10 in a first-round match at Sea Pines Plantation Hilton Head SC 1:30 pm CBS 2K 2R 5 10 SPECIAL "US Women's Open Golf Championship" Live from the Winged Feet Golf Club (East Course) in Mamaroneck New York the last five holes of the final round of play of the championship tournament will be telecast this afternoon 1:30 pm ABC 5M 7 8 12 13 SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE "A Fine Madness" (1966) (Repeat) Inventive screw EASY TO ENTER Simply follow instructions on entry blank below clip and mail to The Bee You may win $210 worth of groceries at your favorite store (the amount an average family spends in a month on food according to the US Dept of Labor) You may enter as often as you like Additional entry blanks are available at your grocery store 12 ADDITIONAL PRIZES In addition to the $2 1 0 first prize you may win one of three second priies each worth $50 In groceries or any of nine third prizes each worth $20 in free groceries information direct from Ice-! land via teletype and will plicate the moves on a dem-i onstration board using a second board to provide ex-i planations of possible count-' A er-moves 10 am THE FRENCH CHEF: "To Make a It's a party when this elaborate log-shaped chocolate cake ap 1968 with the help of his friends some of the best French (yes French) cooks in the country at the East Hampton Long Island home of Charles de Gaulle's former chef 10 am CBS 2K 2R 5 5M 10 12 FACE THE NATION Patricia Harris acting chairwoman of the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Committee will be interviewed by CBS correspondents George Herman and Morton Dean and a third reporter still to be selected live from Washington 10:30 am CBS 2K 2R 5 511 10 12 MEET THE PRESS Richard Neustadt acting chairman of the Democratic Platform Committee for the 1972 Democratic National Convention will be interviewed by newsmen live from Washington Mrs Neustadt is a professor of gov-ernment at Harvard and was an adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson Lawrence Spivak program-producer $14 Million Beat Prop 9 Californians Against the Pollution Initiative the campaign organization that defeated the Environment Initiative Proposition 9 on the June primary ballot has filed a final report showing it spent $144204982 to defeat the measure The report was signed by Ferdinant Stent assistant treasurer and by Clem Whit-aker Jr of Whitaker and Baxter the San Francisco advertising firm that directed the campaign The report was filed in the Secretary of State's office in conformity with state low It shows total contributions were $148492123 $42-92143 more than as spent pears The trench Chef shows you how to create bark out of frosting mush- rooms frn meringue and moss out of spun sugar 7:30 pm FIRING LINE: Harpsi 1st PRIZE: S210 in groceries Tnree 2nd PRIZES each $50 in groceries Nine 3rd PRIZES each $20 in groceries Mail to: Summer FnnrJ Festival The Sacramento Bee chord virtuoso Fernando Valenti discusses a new gen- eration's taste in music with William Buckley Jr who also plays the harpsichord The professional musician I FESTIVAL fe 21st and 0 Sacramento Calif 95813 mer one of the products listed below or the nama of one of there products pr'nted in block 3 letters on a blank sheet ot paoer If you select one of the alcoholio beverages and the amateur examine "Music and Modernism" to listed below do not send lab-il but enclose 3 Ta" card naming product Armour Star Hamt Dubuque Weiners ft Lunch Meats Kinqsfotd Briquet Brim Coffee Fisher Whole Wheal Bisk it Mix Olympia Beer Jim Beam f'y store Is Kama night 8 pm MASTERPIECE THE A- THE: "Cold Comfort TV Late Changes Are Announced The following changes in the television schedule were announced after The Bee's TV Magazine had been printed: Sunday July 2 10 am-Spassky Fischer World Chess Match KVIE 11 am-Girl From ONClE (1 Hr) KXYL CD 1 Curtis Cup Golf Tournament KOVR (D 6 pm-The World Press (Rerun) KVIE 6:30 pm-Thirty Minutes With (Rerun) KVIE 9 Masterpiece Theater: "Cold Comfort Farm" (2 Hrs) KVIE Adoress City Hilarious misadventures intrigues and daft goings-on follow a young Englishwoman's visit with her bumptious Hp Phcns State winners wW be notified by Julv or memoer ot his immediate tamny is for awards Offer Ji No McCuu hv 'no'Ovff1 and untidy country cousins' when she calmly sets about Qv to arrange everyone life according to her own standards 9 pm (2 hours).