Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 110

Fischer Fears Conspiracy in Iceland AP Fhoto Combined News Services Reykjavik Bobby Fischer is spoiling for a fight Not with Boris Spassky his opponent in the $250000 world championship chess match lgut with officials of the much-ballyhooed event Fischer leveled conspiracy charges against the match organizers last night then lodged an official protest against a default ruling that awarded second game to Spassky is a conspiracy against me Fischer was quoted by Icelandic chess sources Another source Icelandic grand msftw Fridrik Olasson said that during a conversation with Fischer yesterday the US challenger said am not interested in it the match any more In fad I lost interest already six months However Fischer was interested enough to write a note to match arbiter Lothar Schmid of Germany protesting the decision to give game point to Spassky The protest was rejected today by the match committee composed of Hie arbiter his deputy one representative for each player and Icelandic offkaalls Andrew Davis Fischer Is lawyer who arrived this morning from New York was in Hie anteroom when assistant referee Gudmunder Amlaugason of Iceland announced the forfeit would be maintained Asked if his client would play the next scheduled game on Sunday Davis replied: cant comment on Davis who appeared upset at the ruling said he had not seen Fischer srinoe he got here Objecting to hidden movie cameras in Hie Sports Palace scene of Hie match Fisriier refused to appear for second game Spassky entered the hall on time and took his place at the table At game time (5 PM EDT) Schmid started Fischer's clock as the rules required Spassky looked perplexed At Hie end of an hour Schmid announced to an angry crowd: and gentlemen Mr Fischer did' not appear in the playing hall According to rule No 5 if a player is more than one hour late he loses the game by In his protest note to Schmid Fischer complained that starting Hie clock was in violation of match rules set up by the International Chess Federation Observers here are saying that Spassky who won the opening game Wednesday now owns a powerful psychological advantage over the petulant New Yorker Jivo Nei one of assistants said failure to appear yesterday was grave insult not only to the Soviet people but to the whole He added world champion Spassky cannot dance to Fischer knew before he came to Iceland to play for Hie world title that the match would be filmed And Chester Fox the promoter who owns the three cam-eriL 8a they were out of sight and hearing said just knowing they were there bothered him Fox said adding later: pity the poor TTie future of the match said Schmid now depends on whether Fischer persists in his walkout Schmid said the International Chess Federation could intervene and disqualify the American challenger allowing Russia to keep the world title it has held for 24 years But at the end of the day Schmid said there would be a game on Sunday as scheduled The row over the cameras began early yesterday when Fischer said he play alongside them in the 2500-seat Sports Palace Fox whose purchase of television and film rights for the match allowed the Icelandic Chess Federation to offer a record $125000 in prize money said the cameras had to stay In an attempt at a compromise lawyer Richard Stein sent Fischer a letter at 5 AM appealing to him to at least talk about the problem a folk hero of the Americans you must permit millions of Americans to share this experience with you in their homes for Hie benefit of chess and for Hie benefit of Hie rest of Hie letter said Fisriier ignored Hie appeal Ten minutes before the match was to begin Fred Cramer a US Chess Federation official called Hie match organizers to soy Fischer coming Newsday- Who Needs Fischer? Not quits ai tempermental at chessmaster Bobby Fischer young Oscar da la Fuenta 5 has no qualms about being in the limelight as ha takes on 10 opponents in Granada Spain Oscar recorded an enviable record of one victory seven draws and two defeats A Few Still Love Bobby Taul Crisafuli 24 Ronkonkoma "I think been as obnoxious as people think I think his early criticisms of the conditions and other things were valid His objection to the television camera yesterday and today I tend to agree with I read that one grandmaster had a heart attack while playing in a big match I think that the pressure in these matches must be tremendous And the single thing that means the most to a good chessman is concentration Anything that disturbs that concentration can upset a player I blame him for that He has brought the chess game a lot of recognition something the game needed badly I like The man in Hie Montauk lighthouse (Seaman Bill Appleby 20 North Abbington Mass) here in the lighthouse about five miles or so from town so usually about a day late on news Whenever I can I catch up But I Hunk if it were me I would be there If Fischer have enough ambition to show up why is he there to begin with There must be other grandmasters in America who would give anything for this Lee Tunis 18 Ronlyn think disgracing the Aibericans He is supposed to be there to play chess and his mind seems to be on everything but All he does is complain Frank Baming 29 Glen Cove whole thing has turned me off He comes across aa being very immature If I were more interested in him I mean if he turned me off I think maybe I might have followed the match more closely But not a Bobby Fischer fan I think I would buy a Bobby Fischer T-shirt Dy Bob Whitley Shortly after Hobby Fischer forfeited the second gnne in hi 2l-gmi challenge match with Boris Spis-iky for the World Championship Nowaday undertook a random sampling of opinion about the actions of the controversial lf8 grandmaster who failed to show up for yesterday's game The results revealed a great respect for the genius of Bobby Fischer minted with doubts and often out right condemnation of his seeming arrogance But even after this latest episode some fans still love Boltlrv Here in no certain order is -what the average fan ha I hi say: Ilowari McMilion 25 Imisville Ky y-Ik Fischer is really paranoid about this whole thing and he thinks if he throws orf enough of a bluff it will vindicate losing if be does I think some of the things lie his done are rotten But he has generated a lot of exKure helped the game I guess I really know how I feel about him I can under stand some of his eccentricities He is a genius But Einstein wan a genius too And I don't recall reading his biography that he was ever personally discourteous to the people he was associated with I think if there is one thing that has hassled me that Fischer has made this a capitalistic issue Holding out for more money just paints the typical picture of the ugly American I think I would like to see Spassky win just because he seems more dedicated to the game" Syd Morris 24 Long Beach an arrogant poison I think ho must he troubled about no.