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Be JL Ji 1 JL AAA JL JL FISCHER Reykjavik Iceland -(AP) Bobby Fischer didn't like the site the money or living with the Chinese He objected to the lighting and the playing table He wanted police protection and fresh orange Juice He demanded a German sports car with an automatic transmission He didn't like the chess board either but Icelandic and Russian officials had beaten him to the punch with their own objections on that point FLscher has gotten most of what he wanted and today at 5 1 PM he will emerge from his moody seclusion to play Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the world championship of chess The match in 24 games ought to last about two months and in it two men will le matching their wits in the kind of intense commitment and concentration that few other endeavors require At stake for Fischer a 29-year-old American is a chance to be rich and to gain the allegiance of the American public for the game which has totally absorbed his intelligence For Spassky 35 years old and the men behind him Soviet national prestige is involved Since 1918 Russians have dominated the game so completely that no foreigner until Fischer has ever made it to the finals Experts on Soviet life consider chess to have become a pawn of Russian policy The fact that the challenger is an American at the peak of his powers may help explain why Spassky was reported to be "nervous and upset" on the eve of the match The money Involved is out of all proportion to anything ever known in the long history of chess Just nine years ago Tigran Petrosian got the grand total of $2 5(H) for beating fellow Russian Mikhail Botvinnik for the title The prize money now being offered is in the neighborhood of $300000 The winner will get five-eights of the $12r)000 offered by the Icelandic Chess Federation or about $78125 In addition there are the 50000 British about offered last week by Ixindon financier James Slater for Fischer to end his holdout over money Divided on the same basis as the official purse it would mean $75000 to the victor Then there is the players' share from the sale of television and film rights Organizers estimated Fischer and Spassky would have another $55000 to divide It could be more if sales increase Added up it means something like $180625 to the winner and 1 1 9375 for the loser Fischer's lawyer Paul Marshall has said that Fischer would probably become a millionaire if he won the championship He could then demand his own price and could count on a large income from book sales and commercial endorsements "But the money's not important" Marshall says "Bobby wants respect on his own terms" This he explains was behind Bobby's holdout and late arrival to the match which was to have begun nine days ago Though Fischer wanted to play in New York he agreed to Iceland This has been presented as a concession by Fischer's entourage He agreed to come to Ireland but he refused to move in with the Chinese Allocated a $63-a-day suite in Reykjavik's biggest hotel Fischer boycotted the place because the newly arrived Chinese diplomatic representation was staying there He stayed in a villa on the edge of town until the Chinase moved out All that was left to do in the 24 hours before the match was to make a new chess board shorten the playing table and redo the fluorescent lighting above the stage in the 2500-seat sports palace where the match will be played Fred Cramer vice president of the US Chess Federation who is a retired lighting engineer said he was not sure what Fischer objected to concerning the lighting "From an engineering point of view it's perfect and very flexible But if you have to sit for five hours staring at a chess board you might have other ideas" Cramer said Fischer also felt the two TV cameras covering the board could be distracting although they are hidden in built-in "boxes" and placed some 15 yards away from the 9tage where the players will sit Fischer also wants thicker drapes in front of the windows in the hall In Iceland close to the Arctic Circle the sun shines at this time of the year until after 10 PM and the American apparently is concerned that the evening sun might distract him The spectators paying $5 each for admission will be reminded by a big lighted sign to be silent There also is a ban against pocket chess sets in the hall A private poll among the chess experts assembled in Iceland was in Fischer's favor Many noted that Fischer has a higher point rating in the complex international rating system than does Spassky who has not been playing at his best recently Fischer also impressed the chess world in his qualification matches He beat Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union and Bent Larsen of Denmark in six straight games and then overwhelmed former world champion Petrosian 65 points to 25 Last night Sigudur Helgason's men were hard at work making their fourth chess board for the match The last one was unacceptable because the squares were too large The new one will have alternating 2'rinch squares of Italian marble and green Lancashire slate The final revisions ending weeks of controversy appeared well on their way to completion to the relief of the Icelandic Chess Federation which is committed to pay out more money than the nation allocates to its defense The Rev William Lombardy a chess-playin? Franciscan priest who will second Fischer sat on stage last night as workmen scrambled to replace the lighting panels "It's only a game" he said with a smile It Could Last Forever Reykjavik (UPI) A world chess championship match is played under strict and detailed rules issued by the International Chess Federation The match includes 24 games with the winner getting one point for each game won In a draw the players get a half a point each No point is given for a loss The match is discontinued when one of the players has reached 125 points He is then the world champion The defending world champion retains his title in case of a 12-12 tie In theory each game may go on forever The first playing session lasts for five hours during which each player is forced to make 40 moves in 2'2 hours If the game is still undecided after five hours the game is adjourned until the following day The time is then 16 moves per hour There is no time limit for each move The player decides himself how to use his time But the player running out of time loses the game The players sit alone with the official arbiter on a stage where they are allowed to eat drink smoke or walk around between their moves They are allowed to consult their official seconds three on each side only when a game has been adjourned Then the player usually tries to get some rest while his seconds analyze the game for him i Tuesday July 1972.