Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 79

Bobby Beats Draws With Boris Reykjavik Iceland (UPI) US grandmaster Bobby Fischer won a victory in his battle over television cameras last night but had to settle for a draw with champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union after his 45th move XU die fourth game of the world championship chess match Fischer made his 45th move a pawn to his queen bishop three and Spassky offered the draw with a simple inclination of his head Fischer accepted immediately got up with his glass of orange juice in hand end strode from the Icelandic chess hall Spassky holds a lead of 2 points to 1H points over the unpredictable American challenger in the 24-game $250000 match The fifth game is scheduled to begin at 5 PM (1 PM EDT) tomorrow The American who earlier had once again threatened not to play unless all television cameras were removed from the hall held a pawn advantage after 2Q moves hut a dubious 19th move gave the initiative to Spassky The Russian whose loss to Fischer Sunday and Monday night was his first in 12 yearn of playing Fischer quickly went to the attack and had a alight position advantage in the middle game However experts said a dubious move by Spassky lost him that initiative and the game headed for an almost certain draw Spassky played quickly in the open-ink moves taking only three minutes for his first 10 moves However he slowed down later and took more than half an hour on the 19th move alone The players met in the 3000-teal Reykjavik Auditorium from which the television cameras have been removed aft insistence Fischer did not appear for and thus forfeited the second game of the championship last Thursday because of the presence of TV cameras in the haU That was the only previous game in tins match in whidi Fischer had the while pieces which move first Only 15 minutes before referee Lothar Schmid 1 Started game promptly aft the scheduled time of 5 PM (1 PM EDT) Chester Fox of New York who has the film rights here tried to reinstall the cameras Fischer refused to play if the cameras were allowed in the hall however and Fox agreed to remove them will be no play if the cameras sfe: brought in That is sure Fischer aide toM the Icelandic Chess Federation organizers of the match Neither Fischer nor present when Schmid started the dock and the game but Fischer showed up within four minutes and Spassky arrived a few minutes later Fischer immediately went to the board looked at it briefly and moved Hie opening wee hardly a surprise In thousands of games Fischer has only varied from the king pawn opening a half-dozen times or so Once asked why he always used the king pawn opening Fischer said the best Aides to the American challenger said the reason for his tardiness yesterday was that Fischer had been eating an Icelandic specialty dish called skyer and saw no reason to gulp his food After the seventh move the huge signs began flashing off and on in the haH to quiet a buzz of excitement created by Spassky's seventh move bishop to king two Hie Soviet champion left the stage after making it Fuhcher studied the board for seven minutes before moving his own bishop to king three Spassky walked beck onstage almost immediately and made his next move The two played quickly Fischer completing his first 10 moves in 16 minutes Spassky took only three minutes to complete his first 10 moves Spassky apparently cakn despite his firet loss aft a chess table in 12 years end his first ever to Fischer on Monday walked off and onto the playing stage Frequently The demand for silence in the hall was so urgent that at one point while Fischer was studying a move organizers sent boys with oil cans to lubricate the doors leading into the hall to stop them from squeaking With one point awarded for each victory and a half-point for a draw Spareky needs 12 points to driest Fischer and retain Ms championrfwp As the challenger Fischer needs 12 points to win The winner will receive $150000 of the puree The two players also were to share in 30 per cent of the television filming rights but refusal to play before the cameras after the first game has left this financial arrangement in doubt The two began the third game of the match Sunday in a renall room of the auditorium but completed it Monday on the stage after the cameras had been removed from their installation points The final position of Game No 4 Fischer white Spassky black Aii Analysis I Spassky on Attack Had a Chance to Win vanned on his 21st and 23rd moves Fischer found defensive measures and was able to hold the line and even maintain the pawn plus Spassky a'so found the best moves until the Blip on the 29th Curiously was on the 29th move- that Fischer blundered in the first match game Spassky has never beaten Fischer with the black pieces He has won four timee and lotf once with white With black he has drawn three times including the present game- By Isaac Kashdan International Grandmaster Boris Spassky cam close to defeating Bobby Fischer in the fourth game of their worid championship chess match Spassky was the aggressor for the firet time building up powerful attack but he missed his way by reversing moves at the critical point On his 29th turn Spassky riiould have played B-Q3 threatening mate Fischer would be forced to move his lung Then on 30 R-Rl would follow This order of moves would avoid the exchange of queens that Fischer1 was able to effect in the game With the Mack rook coming into play via R3 or R5 and the white king exposed the attack would have proved irresistible After the exchange of queens on the cither hand king was quite mfe With the forces reduced on both prides a draw was- a proper result Spassky's first move was a surprise to the experts He adopted the Sicilian Defense which he rarely plays but whiih standard' in reper- B-Kfe Fischer used the Sozin variation a I qp favorite of his marked by the devefop-meet of his king bishop on the queen code Spaseky evidently was well-prepared On hJSil3th move he offered a pawn which would- open useful lines for his rtf uses such challenges and he look pieces if Fischer accepted Fischer rare- the pawn Wised probubly would have been 14 QR-KI with a firm grip on the center pawns With his 17th move Fischer allowed Spassky to dominate two major diagonals with his bishop queen also had an effective post At mqve 17 Q-K3 wps probably superior for Etcher althqugh he would jhaye cn-t R-K4 oountercri difficulties jn qny caise K-Q3 Sfiqteky -lurried adcUliopnl force to B-KT6 keep his attack going and he found it HJd1aw to rtxtk 'pawn' Wtifch he ad- How They Moved Spassky (B) P-QB4 P-Q3 PXP KT-KB3 -KT-QB3 P-K3 B-K2 23 B-B4 24 P-R3 25 Q-KT4 26 QXP (R4)' 27 Q-KT4 28 KT-KT5 29 KT-Q4 30 KT-B3 31 32 Q-QB3 33 PXQ 34: R-Q7 35 K-KTl ILL: 36 B-K2 37 K-Bl 38 B-R5 39 RXR lecher (W) -K4 2 KT-KB3 3 P-Q4 4 KTXP 5 KT-QB3 6 B-QB4 7 B-QKT3 8 B-K3 9 0-0 10 P-KB4 11 BXKT 12: P-QR3 13 14 P-K5 15 PXP 36 KTXP 17 BXKT 18 K-Rl 19Q-X2 2ft QR -Q1 2T RXR LI 22 KT-Q6 0-0 P-QR3 KTXKT PQKT4 B-QKT2 P-QR4 PXP KT-Q2 KT-QB4 BXB (CH) Q-KT4 QRQ1 RXR jl P-KR4 II B-Rl -M- -U- 40 P-QR4 41 JK-K2 a 42 Q3 43 P-B4 44 B-B7 45 P-B5 tCH)'" i AP Ilnlv Spaisky- arrives 44h game 7grhV Wedeesdeyihdy 19 1972.