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1972

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January 01, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, January 01, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Bid — Sebastian Leone, president of New York City's Brooklyn Borough, wants chess whiz Bobby Fischer to come home. He has asked Secretary of State William P. Rogers to formally invite Russian grand master Boris Spassky to defend Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Capital Journal Salem, Oregon Saturday, January 01, 1972 - Page 31 — Chess, A Game of Wit, Awakens America: Bobby Fischer Will Move To Win By LESLIE BRAUN L.A. Times-Washington Post Service — NEW YORK — Chess is an intellectual feast played on 64 squares. One participant commands the white pieces Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Montana Standard Butte, Montana Saturday, January 01, 1972 - Page 7 — Chess Wizard Eager to Play — NEW YORK — Bobby Fischer, the 28-year-old American chess wizard, would like it best if an American city were the high bidder for next spring's world title match with Boris Spassky, 34, of the Soviet Union. His Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Gastonia Gazette Gastonia, North Carolina Saturday, January 01, 1972 - Page 3 — Good Luck, Bobby Fischer — IN A society that criticizes baseball for moving too slowly, it is no mystery why the face of chess champion Bobby Fischer isn't popping up on sweatshirts and wristwatches. (Many Americans think a “checkmate” is Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Saturday, January 01, 1972 - Page 10 — Chess Set Sales Are Up 40 Percent — Chess set sales are up 40 percent over the past three years and chess clubs are being swamped with applicants, thanks to the exposure given Bobby Fischer.

January 02, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Jacksonville Journal Courier Jacksonville, Illinois Sunday, January 02, 1972 - Page 8 — Chess, Game of Kings Booming Across America — NEW YORK (AP) - Chess, once considered the exclusive pastime of intellectuals unpressed for time, is booming across the United States. Department stores are selling more Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 02, 1972 - Page 226 — They Compete On the Quiet: Attributed to Fischer by Walt Taylor — “There has been a tremendous increase in chess interest in the last two years,” says Isaac Kashdan of Los Angeles, “mainly due to Bobby Fischer's being on the road to the world Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Berkshire Eagle's Sunday Sampler Pittsfield, Massachusetts Sunday, January 02, 1972 - Page 4 — Chess Talk by Arthur B. Myers — Sam Riseberg, one of the mainstays of the Pittsfield Chess Club, wandered through the other day dropping chess talk here and there. No chess player worthy of the name can talk to you 30 seconds Read More

  • Permanent Link The Bangor Daily News Bangor, Maine Sunday, January 02, 1972 - Page 11 — Chess by George Cunningham and Gerry Dullea — The most important chess event in 1972 will be the match for the World Championship between Boris Spassky, the present champion, and Robert J. Fischer, the official challenger. Almost every American is Read More

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 02, 1972 - Page 93 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…Most interest, at least in this country, was in the performance of Spassky, soon to defend his title against American ace Bobby Fischer. A Russian source stated that Spassky was under a handicap, as he did not want to Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, January 02, 1972 - Page 31 — No White Knight — It was never very likely that America's chess genius Bobby Fischer would have to go to Russia for his World championship series with defender Boris Spassky. The World Chess Federation Read More

  • Permanent Link Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, January 02, 1972 - Page 39 — Chess by Edward M. Foy — In reviewing the chess scene for last year, Robert Fischer's incredible performance in the Candidate's Matches stands out, by far, as the most notable event of 1971; topping off 6 to 0 shutouts in the quarter and semi- Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, January 02, 1972 - Page 109 — 1972 Thru Jeane Dixon's Crystal Ball — Robert J. Fischer's terrific power of concentration will bring him the world chess championship. (More “Crystal Ball” Predictions…)

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, January 02, 1972 - Page 125 — Music: Things You May Not Know You Missed--Until Now by Harold C. Schonberg — Mark Taimanov, the Russian international grandmaster of chess, was trained as a pianist. He played Bobby Fischer a chess match in Vancouver last June, Read More

January 03, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Guardian London, Greater London, England Monday, January 03, 1972 - Page 13 — Chess: Challenge for 1980 by Leonard Barden — The Alekhine Memorial Tournament in Moscow last month was the first major international event in Russia since 1967. Though the Soviet grandmasters took the top seven places, it was a Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Monday, January 03, 1972 - Page 10 — The Game of Bluff — In a topsy-turvy world, even the austere game of chess seems to be subject to sudden change. It used to be said that chess was the Russian game just as poker was the American game. And there were good Read More

January 04, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, January 04, 1972 - Page 30 — Fischer and Spassky Match Draws High Cash Bids by Robert D. McFadden — The largest cash prizes in the history of tournament chess—sums up to $152,000—were offered yesterday in the international competition for the site of next summer's world Read More

  • The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, January 04, 1972 - Page 2 — Sports — Boris Spassky, the world chess champion from Russia, has his followers worried following his sixth place finish in a recent tournament -- his last before defending his title against America's Bobby Fischer.

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, January 04, 1972 - Page 37 — Belgrade Bid Tops For Chess Playoff by Isaac Kashdan — A bid of $152,000 by Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is the highest of 15 submitted as prize money for the world chess championship match between titleholder Boris Spassky of the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Lansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Tuesday, January 04, 1972 - Page 1 — Belgrade Offers High Bid For World Chess Tournament — New York (AP) — The Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade has offered a high bid of $152,000 to be the site of next June's world championship chess match between Boris Spassky and Read More

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, January 04, 1972 - Page 31-37 — 'I'm Still King' — Russia's Boris Spassky, the world's best chess player, comes off poor effort to face Fischer's challenge, by Harry Trimborn. Moscow— The man with the penetrating green eyes and the neat reddish-brown sideburns sat Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Tuesday, January 04, 1972 - Page 4 — Belgrade Bids High for Superchess — Amsterdam, Jan. 3 (Special) — Belgrade pledged today an unprecedented $152,000 jackpot in its bid to be chosen site of the forthcoming world chess championship match between Soviet defender Boris Spassky Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Tuesday, January 04, 1972 - Page 24 — Belgrade Bids $152,000 For World Chess Meet — New York —(AP) — The U.S. Chess Federation disclosed Monday that bids opened in Amsterdam for the site of the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world championship chess match next June showed Read More

Knicks Edge Bucks In Closing Seconds: Frazier Plays Game Pros Dream About
  • Chronological Permanent Link The Herald-Journal Logan, Utah Tuesday, January 04, 1972 - Page 6 — Bobby Fischer Impressed: Knicks Edge Bucks In Closing Seconds: Frazier Plays Game Pros Dream About by Milton Richman —New York (UPI)— Bill Russell has seen a couple of basketball games in his time. He isn't easily impressed. Especially by Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, January 04, 1972 - Page 19 — Belgrade Tops Chess Site Bids by Joseph Zullo — New York, Jan. 3—The United States Chess Federation disclosed today that Belgrade has entered the highest bid for the world championship chess match next June between Bobby Fischer, 28, the Read More

January 05, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Wednesday, January 05, 1972 - Page 4 — Yugoslav Bid For Spassky-Fischer Duel — New York, Tuesday. — A record $US 152,000 in prize-money has been offered to chess giants Boris Spassky of Russia and Bobby Fischer of the United States if they hold Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, January 05, 1972 - Page 10 — A Real Pro — American chess champion Bobby Fischer, when asked about possible sites for his world title match next June against Boris Spassky, the defending champion, was not at a loss for words. “For me the Read More

January 06, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Press and Sun-Bulletin Binghamton, New York Thursday, January 06, 1972 - Page 8 — Chess King Fischer Said 'Mercenary' — Moscow (AP) — The Soviet Union's leading sports newspaper today accused U.S. chess master Bobby Fischer of a mercenary attitude toward his match against Russia's Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, January 06, 1972 - Page 34 — Chess: Handing Fischer a Move Is Hardly a Prudent Idea by Al Horowitz — The Center Counter Game, below, in which Bobby Fischer met Karl Robatsch, an international master and former Austrian champion, was played at the Varna Olympiad Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey Thursday, January 06, 1972 - Page 20 — Chess Goes Big Time — The prospect of prize money of $150,000 or more for the coming world championship chess match between the U.S.'s charismatic star, Bobby Fischer, and the current titleholder, Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, makes Read More

January 07, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, January 07, 1972 - Page 34 — Chess: Suttles-Spassky Game Replayed by Al Horowitz — The world titleholder Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, and Bobby Fischer of New York, the American challenger for the world championship, will meet in a match before the end of June. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, January 07, 1972 - Page 39 — Fischer Due to Take On 20 In New Rochelle on Sunday — Bobby Fischer, who will play a match for the world chess championship with Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union before the end of June, is scheduled for a simultaneous exhibition against 20 Read More

  • The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Friday, January 07, 1972 - Page 26 — Our White House Coach — Things will really get serious, though, when Mr. Nixon takes a direct hand in the coming world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. Imagine this scenerio Read More

January 08, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Saturday, January 08, 1972 - Page 114 — A Cheque-Mate For Bobby — It is written that “cricket is a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented to give themselves some conception of eternity.” These words come to mind at the flap in Moscow over the alleged Read More

  • Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Saturday, January 08, 1972 - Page 12 — Before the Yugoslav bid of $152,000 for the world championship chess match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, NBC's Dick Schapp asked Fischer if he would accept Russia as a site for the match. Fischer insisted: “Absolutely not. I could never Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Saturday, January 08, 1972 - Page 16 — They're All Playing Chess from Robert Darroch in London —Suddenly everybody's playing—of all things—chess. Sales of chess sets are booming, shooting up 20 per cent in the United Sets over the past six months. Read More

January 09, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Sunday, January 09, 1972 - Page 18 — Russians Call Bobby Fischer Mercenary — Moscow, Jan. 8 (UPI)—The newspaper Sovietsky Sport criticized American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer this week for wanting to play where he will be paid most. A commentary by A. Roshal cited Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Sunday, January 09, 1972 - Page 188 — Chess for Cash — “FISCHER MAGIC” some chess fans called it. Bobby Fischer, the 28-year-old American high school dropout who will play the Soviet Union's World Champion Boris Spassky 24 games for the championship Read More

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 09, 1972 - Page 111 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan: $152,000 Bid For World Title Match — For the first time in its long history, chess has advanced from an intellectual pastime to big business. A record sum of $152,000 was bid by Belgrade, Yugoslavia as the prize for Read More

  • Permanent Link Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, January 09, 1972 - Page 29 — Chess by Edward M. Foy — Following Robert Fischer's decisive defeat of Tigran Petrosian last Fall, a player in Moscow's Central Chess Club was heard to remark, hopefully, “But we've still got Spassky,” True. But the results of the recently Read More

January 10, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, January 10, 1972 - Page 11 — In Choosing the Championship Site… Businessman Bobby Favors High Bidder by Alden Whitman, New York Times — NEW YORK—Bobby Fischer, the 28-year-old American chess wizard, would like it best if a U.S. city were the high Read More

  • The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, January 10, 1972 - Page 11 — Chess Fever Mounts In U.S. — An atmosphere of deep concentration pervaded the ballroom of the McAlpin Hotel as more than 400 young chess enthusiasts gathered for the seventh annual New York High School Chess Championships.

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey Monday, January 10, 1972 - Page 11 — Cry of 'Checkmate, Comrade' Spurs Sales of Chess Sets by David M. Levine, Herald-News Staff Writer — What can a lanky 28-year-old high school dropout do for the American economy? Just ask the hundreds of North Jersey businessmen about Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Bangor Daily News Bangor, Maine Monday, January 10, 1972 - Page 8 — These Are Big-Money Times — Chess is an ancient and honorable game — a fascinating test for those with the brains and patience to play it well. But apparently today's star players have succumbed to the same fever that afflicts star athletes Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Monday, January 10, 1972 - Page 149 — The Communists sometimes seem so really naive. Now they're calling chessmaster Bobby Fischer an anarchist because he wants higher and higher bids for a world championship match with Boris Spassky. Belgrade has offered $152,000; Bobby thinks the Read More

January 13, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Thursday, January 13, 1972 - Page 138 — Letters To The Editor: Champion Chess Game Won't Be Slow Going — The comments made in your Jan. 8 editorial concerning your “loss to understand why” Yugoslavia has made a bid for the forthcoming World Chess Championship Match between Read More

  • The Lawton Constitution Lawton, Oklahoma Thursday, January 13, 1972 - Page 12 — Chess Comes Into Own — Fifteen bids from 10 nations and five cities, ranging from $40,000 from Colombia and $152,000 from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, for the tournament to decide the world championship of chess, shows that the game has come Read More

January 14, 1972

  • New York Times, New York, New York Friday, January 14, 1972 - Page 40 — Off to Bermuda -- for a Bite of Lunch by Charlotte Curtis, NY Times News Service — David Frost took 60 of his better friends to lunch the other day. In Bermunda … Then came Bobby Fischer, the chess champion … [Carl B.] Stokes talked politics. Fischer huddled with Read More

January 15, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Saturday, January 15, 1972 - Page 12 — Profit Snafu Perils World Chess Match — Belgrade (AP) — The bank sponsoring Yugoslavia's $125,000 bid for the Fischer-Spassky world championship chess match threatened to withdraw its offer Friday because it said the World Chess Read More

  • The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Saturday, January 15, 1972 - Page 6 — David Frost Lunch Guests Are a Curious Fraternity by Clive Irving — New York — What do these people have in common … chess wizard Bobby Fischer … On the plane home Bobby Fischer devastated all comers with a pocket chess set … · · · · · · · · ·

  • The Greenwood Commonwealth Greenwood, Mississippi Saturday, January 15, 1972 - Page 4 — Bobby Fischer's triumphs have stimulated new interest in chess — and new awareness among the novices that this ancient game is more than fun and games.

January 17, 1972

  • Nashua Telegraph Nashua, New Hampshire Monday, January 17, 1972 - Page 24 — Chess Club Man Plays in Boston — Among the 76 weekend participants in the reserve section of the Northeastern University Spectacular 5-round Swiss chess tournament at the Student Center in Boston was Carmen Chimento of the Nashua Chess Club, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York Monday, January 17, 1972 - Page 28 — Chess: Fischer Shutout in Simultaneous by Al Horowitz — America's top chess player, Bobby Fischer of New York, scored a shutout in a simultaneous exhibition at the Westchester Shore Chess Club on Jan. 9, when he defeated all 20 opponents in Read More

January 18, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, January 18, 1972 - Page 2 — Fischer No Genius, Russian Says — Tigran Petrosian, the former world chess champion from the Soviet Union, said American world title contender Bobby Fischer was no genius. But he refused to speculate on the outcome of the next Read More

January 20, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Times Salisbury, Maryland Thursday, January 20, 1972 - Page 14 — From the Sidelines: Check and Mate by Rick Cullen, Times Sports Editor — The call is placed to the Park - Sheraton Hotel in New York City. The telephone in room 2267 rings three times before there is an answer. “Hellllllooo,” answers the victim of Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Central New Jersey Home News New Brunswick, New Jersey Thursday, January 20, 1972 - Page 4 — Chess Summit Is Threatened — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — Belgrade threatened Wednesday to cancel its offer to host the Fischer-Spassky chess summit in protest against “flagrant violation” of the bidding terms. Read More

  • The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Thursday, January 20, 1972 - Page 34 — (CRITIC) Chess as a Sport — Chess master Bobby Fischer insists that his game is a sport. “You've got to be in top condition to play chess,” Fischer insists. “The tension and need for stamina are brutal.” — Hmmm! We'd like to see Fischer try 48 minutes Read More

January 21, 1972

  • Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Friday, January 21, 1972 - Page 16 — David Frost Show — [IMDB (contradictory dates) TV ] — Guests include chess champion Bobby Fischer, Peter Graves, Richard Roundtree, Jim Bailey and consumer activists Lola Redford and Ilene Goldman. Channels 5; 46; 4:30 p.m. · · · · · · · · ·

  • Chronological Permanent Link Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Friday, January 21, 1972 - Page 23 — Where Pittsburgh Chess Mates Gather by Mike Kalina — …In addition to sponsoring many local tournaments, the chess club also invites chess luminaries here to engage in simultaneous exhibitions with area players. Bobby Fischer, Read More

January 22, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Sioux City Journal Sioux City, Iowa Saturday, January 22, 1972 - Page 1 — Chess Match — During the last year, I have become one of millions across the country to discover the fun and excitement of chess. In the last two years, there has been a tremendous rise in the number of chess players in the United States. As a result, Read More

  • Permanent Link The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, January 22, 1972 - Page 14 — Higher Bid — The Swiss journal “Chess Express in its latest issue, lists the bid of Argentina at $150,000 for the Spassky-Fischer world championship match. Earlier they were listed at $30,000, then boosted to $100,000. Obviously they are being allowed Read More

  • The Herald Statesman Yonkers, New York Saturday, January 22, 1972 - Page 16 — Tourney Chess Set For County — … The association believes interest has been spurred by American chess player Bobby Fischer's successes and the publicity surrounding his upcoming world championship match against Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. …

  • The Post-Crescent Appleton, Wisconsin Saturday, January 22, 1972 - Page 3 — Focus '71 — Bobby Fischer “checkmates” Boris Spassky in the World Chess Championship.

January 23, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 23, 1972 - Page 152 — Fischer Again Wins Journalist Award — For the second year in a row Bobby Fischer was awarded the Chess Oscar as the outstanding player of 1971 by a vote of the International Association of Chess Journalists. The result was hardly in doubt, though the Read More

  • Permanent Link The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, January 23, 1972 - Page 51 — The King's Men: Soviets Take Cheap Shot at Fischer as 'Mercenary' by Merrill Dowden — An Associated Press dispatch out of Moscow recently quoted the Soviet Union's leading sports newspaper as saying that American grandmaster Bobby Fischer is taking a Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, January 23, 1972 - Page 240 — Can Computers Ever Learn How to Be People? Reviewed by Martin Gardner — …No digital computer, Dreyfus is convinced, will every play grandmaster chess. Bobby Fischer just doesn't think digitally. It is true that MacHack, the famous chess Read More

January 25, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette St. Joseph, Missouri Tuesday, January 25, 1972 - Page 14 — Bobby Fischer May Pay Visit to Yugoslavia — Belgrade (UPI) — United States chess grand master Bobby Fischer may come to Yugoslavia later this month to discuss conditions for his world chess title match against Soviet titleholder Boris Read More

  • The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Tuesday, January 25, 1972 - Page 16 — Over the Coffee: Golf Makes No Athletes — IN THAT case, the athlete of the year is Bobby Fischer, hands down. Fischer, the American chess genius, recently completed a string of 13 straight victories in grand master competition — a feat absolutely unrivaled in the Read More

January 26, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, January 26, 1972 - Page 30 — Aleksander Liepnieks Reports on the Looming Shadow of Soviet Censorship by Don Forsythe, Journal Sports Editor — Chess doesn't immediately come to mind when you're discussing lucrative paychecks for participation, but the Read More

  • The Kansas City Times Kansas City, Missouri Wednesday, January 26, 1972 - Page 30 — Town Square Notes — Prospects of televising the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky championship match has sort of rekindled the old man's interest in chess. He figures he might finally get the hang of the game from some good slow-motion instant replays.

January 27, 1972

  • Kingsport Times Kingsport, Tennessee Thursday, January 27, 1972 - Page 14 — Eyeball Exercise — …ABC (WKPT in Kingsport) has long been the leader in televised sports. Its Wide World of Sports program, which has been an innovative leader in scanning the breadth of competition, is looking for new ideas, including the Fischer-Spassky chess Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Thursday, January 27, 1972 - Page 38 — 2 Cities Bidding for Chess Match Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — Edmund Edmondson, executive director of the American Chess Federation, arrived here Wednesday at an invitation of prospective organizers of the chess match between U.S. Read More

January 29, 1972

  • The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Saturday, January 29, 1972 - Page 13 — Bobby Fischer Taken to Lunch in Bermuda — Frost's junket, attended by such luminaries as former Cleveland Mayor Carl B. Stokes, chess champ Bobby Fischer, writer James A Michener and sometime economist John Kenneth Galbraith, probably didn't set Read More

  • Permanent Link Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, January 29, 1972 - Page 6 — Chess Master: Chickens and Chess by George Koltanowski — It is almost a year away, yet chess fans should be alerted to what promises to be the greatest chess tournament ever held in these United States. It will last nearly a month, from November Read More

January 30, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Star-Gazette Elmira, New York Sunday, January 30, 1972 - Page 77 — GSA vs. Erasmus Hall High School —… The keyword in Lee's happiness at GSA is “caring.” “In New York, teaching is just a job, nobody cares about how you're doing or whether you even come to class,” he said. “It's different up here. The teachers are real Read More

  • Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, January 30, 1972 - Page 40 — Chess by Harold Dondis —“Lubomir Kavalek … However, he must wait five years for naturalization unless Congress helps him. His countryman Pachman was beaten savagely as a political prisoner in Czechoslovakia, spent seven months recuperating Read More

January 31, 1972

  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Monday, January 31, 1972 - Page 3 — Checker Tourney Not Jumping — … The men know also that checkers never will reach the diplomatic stature of table tennis; and that the best among them, including their national match champion, Walter Hellman, never will command the news coverage and Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, January 31, 1972 - Page 48 — Fischer in Amsterdam for Chess Title Talks — Amsterdam (UPI) — U.S. grandmaster Bobby Fischer arrived in Amsterdam Sunday for talks concerning the date and site of his world chess title match with world champion Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Courier Waterloo, Iowa Monday, January 31, 1972 - Page 5 — Upsurge in Interest in Chess Here — Cedar Valley Club Tourney Expanded — The Cedar Valley Chess club will expand its annual championship competition to include players from Benton, Bremer, Butler, Buchanan, Fayette, Grundy and Tama counties. In Read More

  • The Billings Gazette Billings, Montana Monday, January 31, 1972 - Page 3 — Russ Get Glimpse of U.S. Life — … They are guides at a U.S. exhibit called “Research and Development—U.S.A.” a display of American gadgetry ranging from computers to coffeemakers which opened in this capital of Soviet Georgia Jan. 24. The guides are assigned to Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chess Life and Review, January 1972 - Page 7 — Fischer vs. Petrosian: Getting Ahead by Robert Byrne — Continued from December. After his unsettling start in the first three games, the openings of which were clearly to Petrosian's advantage, Bobby slowly began to get under way. It was Petrosian who backed away Read More

February 01, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Tuesday, February 01, 1972 - Page 7 — Site of World Chess Championships Still Undecided — Amsterdam (UPI) — Ed Edmondson, president of the United States Chess Federation, said today he will go to Moscow in a final effort to agree on a site for the chess match between world Read More

  • Nanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, February 01, 1972 - Page 8 — Kessler Shows Style In Chess Contest — “The Pirc is a complicated defense. Black adopts an entrenched position; encourages white to overextend his position; and, when the strategy is successful, the latent dynamic forces in black's game seem Read More

  • The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Tuesday, February 01, 1972 - Page 4 — Shortest Chess Game — The shortest recorded game between masters was one of four moves when Lazard (Black) beat Gibaud in a Paris chess cafe in 1924. The moves were: 1. P-Q4 N-KB3; 2. N-Q2 P-K4; 3. PxP N-N5; 4. P-KR3 N-K6. White then resigned Read More

  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Tuesday, February 01, 1972 - 45 — Billikens Win High School Chess Tourney — St. Louis University High School won the master division title in the annual chess tournament sponsored by the Ritenour High School Chess Club …

February 02, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Wednesday, February 02, 1972 - Page 39 — Chess Site Due Feb. 10 — Amsterdam (UPI) — Max Euwe, president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), Monday announced he gave chess world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and challenger Bobby Fischer of the United Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Messenger Canandaigua, New York Wednesday, February 02, 1972 - Page 4 — The Lighter Side: Tension Is Mounting Over Chess Tournament — Washington (UPI)—Although the event is still some six months away, excitement over next summer's world championship chess match already is reaching fever Read More

February 03, 1972

  • The Brattleboro Reformer Brattleboro, Vermont Thursday, February 03, 1972 - Page 4 — Notable Words — He's older now, of course, but still the same barrel of effervescent fun is Bobby Fischer, the chess genius, who — the wire services report — showed up at a party the other night with a chess magazine, which he studied during dinner. — Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The News Journal Wilmington, Delaware Thursday, February 03, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer Hunts for Chess Site — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — American chess champion Bobby Fischer flew to Reykjavik today to discuss Iceland's bid to be the site of his world chess title contest with Soviet champion Boris Spassky. Fischer was Read More

February 04, 1972

  • Permanent Link Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, February 04, 1972 - Page 16 — Let's Play Chess: Chess Match Dates Not Set by Harold Lundstrom — Robert (Bobby) Fischer, the American chess ace, has gone to Amsterdam for talks concerning the date and site of the world chess title match he will play later this year with world champion, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Guardian London, Greater London, England Friday, February 04, 1972 - Page 5 — Stalemate For Chess Championships by Leonard Barden — Boris Spassky, the Russian world chess champion, and his American challenger, Bobby Fischer, are still undecided on the venue for their match for the title in June Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Friday, February 04, 1972 - Page 32 — Fischer Look At Contest Site — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — American chess champion Bobby Fischer arrived Thursday afternoon to look over Reykjavik as a possible site for his world championship contest with Boris Spassky of the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York Friday, February 04, 1972 - Page 28 — U.S. Chess Official Seeing Icelanders About Match — The Hague, Feb. 3 — The chairman of the American Chess Federation, Ed Edmondson, flew today from Amsterdam to Reykjavik to discuss with the Icelandic Chess Federation the site of the Read More

February 06, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Sunday, February 06, 1972 - Page 298 — Fischer Idols at NYU Get It Off Their Chess by Froma Joselow — Not long ago, the college chess player was considered as square as the board he played on. Then along came 26-year-old chess star Bobby Fischer, and “checkmate” became a new Read More

  • News-Journal Mansfield, Ohio Sunday, February 06, 1972 - Page 61 — This Week's Personality — Richard L. Adams … He flatly predicts American chess ace Bobby Fischer will win the world chess championship this year. The person he admires most is Howard R. Hughes, “because Hughes is a unique person; he's his own man.”

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 06, 1972 - Page 109 — Fischer, Spassky Disagree on Match — Bobby Fischer of the U.S. and world chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union are to play a 24-game match for the title starting some time in June. This was assured when Fischer defeated former Read More

February 07, 1972

  • Permanent Link Daily News-Post Monrovia, California Monday, February 07, 1972 - Page 7 — Young Players Making Move by Shirley Gallina, Copley News Service — Chess may never replace baseball as one of America's favorite sports, but probably more people in all countries will follow the world champion games this spring than the World Series. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Monday, February 07, 1972 - Page 11 — Chess Advancing in Bergen, Thanks to Fischer's Victories by Nina Wood — When a 28-year-old high school dropout can win a crack at the world chess championship, well then, this game of chess deserves another look. The fame of Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas Monday, February 07, 1972 - Page 21 — Chess Site Talks Start In Russia — Moscow (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. Chess Federation opened negotiations today with the Soviet Chess Federation on a site for the world championship chess match between Boris Spassky, the Read More

February 08, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas Tuesday, February 08, 1972 - Page 6 — Chess Site Settlement Reached? — Moscow (AP) — The U.S. Chess Federation chairman, Ed Edmondson, left Moscow for home Tuesday to report to Bobby Fischer on his talks with the Russian Central Chess Club over the site for Fischer's Read More

  • New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, February 08, 1972 - Page 23 — Notes on People: Stalemate — It's still a stalemate on the choice of a site for the world championship chess match between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and Bobby Fischer of the United States. So reported Tass, the Soviet press agency, after Edmond Edmondson, Read More

February 09, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Wednesday, February 09, 1972 - Page 35 — 2 Cities Win Chess Match — New York Times, Moscow — The Soviet Union announced Tuesday that Russian and American chess officials had reached agreement on the site of the world championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Wednesday, February 09, 1972 - Page 36 — Chess Site Choice Near Time Limit — New York (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. Chess Federation, Ed Edmondson, said yesterday Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky have until tomorrow to decide where they will play their match for the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The News Journal Wilmington, Delaware Wednesday, February 09, 1972 - Page 20 — Chess Match Site Choice Due — New York (UPI) — The World Federation of Chess will decide tomorrow where the world chess championship match between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and Bobby Fischer of the United States will be Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Wednesday, February 09, 1972 - Page 14 — Chess Talks Deadlocked — New York — A stalemate has been reached in negotiations for the site of the world chess championship match between U.S. grandmaster Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Signal Santa Clarita, California Wednesday, February 09, 1972 - Page 1 — Chess Comes To Valencia Valley: If You're Not a Grand Master Play Barefoot by Signal Staff Writer — For decades the Soviet Union has thoroughly dominated the world of chess. It is quite far to say that chess in Russia is what drag racing is to Los Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Wednesday, February 09, 1972 - Page 44 — Must Select Chess Site by Tomorrow — (Reuters) New York — THE TWO participants in the forthcoming international chess championship will have to choose the site for the matches by tomorrow or the International Chess Federation Read More

February 10, 1972

  • The York Dispatch York, Pennsylvania Thursday, February 10, 1972 - Page 18 — Your Move — Chess champions Bobby Fischer of America and Boris Spassky of Russia are at loggerheads over when and where to meet for thier world championship match. Bobby favors June or July; Boris prefers November or December. For the site, Bobby Read More

February 11, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Journal and Courier Lafayette, Indiana Friday, February 11, 1972 - Page 12 — Soviet Chess Group Accuses Fischer — Moscow (UPI) — The Soviet Chess Federation today accused Bobby Fischer and President Max Euwe of the World Chess Federation of misconduct in negotiations to set a place and date for the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Lowell Sun Lowell, Massachusetts Friday, February 11, 1972 - Page 34 — Soviets Blame U.S. and FIDE in Chess Site Stalemate — Moscow (AP) — The Soviet Chess Federation charged today that the U.S. and International Chess Federations were responsible for the impasse in the choice of the site for the Spassky-Fischer Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee Friday, February 11, 1972 - Page 9 — Chess Tourney Site Up In Air — Amsterdam (UPI) — World Chess Champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States have failed to meet the deadline for agreement on a location for the world championships, World Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Morning News Wilmington, Delaware Friday, February 11, 1972 - Page 3 — Chess Masters Still Deliberate — Amsterdam (UPI) — World Chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and Challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States have failed to meet the deadline for agreement on a location for the world Read More

  • The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Friday, February 11, 1972 - Page 5 — Stalemate — (AAP-Reuter) New York, Thursday, — Selection of a site for the world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union may have to be made by the International Read More

February 12, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Lincoln Star Lincoln, Nebraska Saturday, February 12, 1972 - Page 5 — Youth In Action: Chess Club Members Find Excitement In Competition by Milan Wall, Star Staff Writer — Leaders of an East High School club who admit they are members of an “ignored minority” still exhibit as much enthusiasm about their extra- Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Guardian London, Greater London, England Saturday, February 12, 1972 - Page 2 — Champions Reach Stalemate by Leonard Barden — The simmering disagreement over the venue of this year's world chess title match between the Russian holder, Boris Spassky, and his American challenger, Bobby Fischer, erupted Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Saturday, February 12, 1972 - Page 12 — Chess World Hit by Flap on Match Site by Murray Seeger, Times Staff Writer — Moscow — It appears that Americans and Russians can negotiate such things as agreements on health research (signed Friday), rights for Berlin and Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Saturday, February 12, 1972 - Page 60 — Fischer Reneged on Iceland Tourney, Soviet Chess United Says by James Yuenger, Chief of Moscow Bureau —Moscow, Feb. 11 — The Soviet Chess Federation today accused American Bobby Fischer of reneging on an agreement to play Boris Spassky Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Saturday, February 12, 1972 - Page 1 — Stubborn Fischer Vexes Russians by Dean Mills, Moscow Bureau of The Sun — Moscow —The Soviet-American battle for the chess championship of the world is months away, but the Russians began fighting yesterday, charging both the Read More

  • Star-Phoenix Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Saturday, February 12, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Moves — Moscow (Reuter) — The Soviet Chess Federation accused United States grandmaster Bobby Fischer Friday of trying to impose conditions favorable only to himself on his world title match against reigning champion Boris Spassky of Russia. Read More

February 13, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Bangor Daily News Bangor, Maine Sunday, February 13, 1972 - Page 21 — Chess — The United States Chess Federation has recently released its latest rating report, a listing of all the active tournament players in the country. To no one's surprise, Bobby Fischer heads the list, but his rating is an astounding 2825 points. Read More

  • The Courier Waterloo, Iowa Sunday, February 13, 1972 - Page 15 — Chess Group Open House Set Thursday — An open house will be conducted for chess players of the Waterloo area … There will be an opportunity to play chess for fun. Likewise, those who wish may play serious chess to prepare for participation in the Cedar Read More

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 13, 1972 - Page 113 — Fischer Exhibition — Bobby Fischer went on an exhibition tour of Argentina last November after defeating Tigran Petrosian in their match in Buenos Aires. One of his stops was Tucuman, where the Pan American Team Tournament was taking place. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, February 13, 1972 - Page 25 — Chess Title Wrangle — Moscow, Saturday.—The Soviet Chess Federation today criticized American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer and the World Chess Federation. It accused Fischer of trying to impose conditions Read More

February 14, 1972

  • News-Journal Mansfield, Ohio Monday, February 14, 1972 - Page 8 — It's a Jaw Breaker — Q—The News Journal ran an article recently about the American chess player Bobby Fischer. In the article was a number involving chess moves, the number listed 60 zeros. What is the word for, or what do you call such a number, and how is it pronounced? Read More

  • The Lincoln Star Lincoln, Nebraska Monday, February 14, 1972 - Page 12 — Judge Scales, Unseen Person Playing Chess — Dallas, Texas (AP) — District Judge R.T. Scales of Dallas is midway in a chess match with a man he never sees. It started two weeks ago when the judge, who keeps a chess set in his chambers, found the set on his desk in Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Dispatch Moline, Illinois Monday, February 14, 1972 - Page 12 — Chess Match Site To Be Announced — Amsterdam (UPI) — The final decision on the site and date for the world chess championship title match will be announced Tuesday by Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, he said Read More

February 15, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Tuesday, February 15, 1972 - Page 117 — Chess Match Site Is Chosen — Amsterdam Feb. 14 (UPI) The site and date for the world chess championship title match will be announced tomorrow, Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, said today. Euwe refused to specify whether the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York Tuesday, February 15, 1972 - Page 30 — Two Sites Chosen For Title Chess — Fischer Will Oppose Spassky in Belgrade and Reykjavik — Dr. Max Euwe of the Netherlands, president of the International Chess Federation, announced yesterday that the world championship match in which Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Evening Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Tuesday, February 15, 1972 - Page 4 — Iceland, Yugoslavia Chess Match Sites — Amsterdam (AP)—Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky will decide the world chess championship in a 24-game match divided between Reykjavik, Iceland and Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Professor Max Euwe, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Tuesday, February 15, 1972 - Page 29 — Chess: A Tale of Two Cities — Amsterdam (UPI) — Max Euwe, president of the World Chess Federation, announced Monday the world title match between Russia's Boris Spassky and the United States' Bobby Fischer will be held both in Belgrade, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Tuesday, February 15, 1972 - Page 156 — Chess Series Set in Iceland & Yugoslavia — Amsterdam, Feb. 14 (UPI) — Max Euwe, president of the World Chess Federation, announced today that the world title match between the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer of the United Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Journal Herald Dayton, Ohio Tuesday, February 15, 1972 - Page 3 — Chess Bout To Be Held In 2 Cities — Amsterdam (UPI) — Max Euwe, president of the World Chess Federation, announced two sites yesterday for the world title match between the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer of the United States. Both Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Tuesday, February 15, 1972 - Page 7 — Sites Established For Chess Title — Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Reuter) — Dr. Max Euwe, Dutch president of the International Chess Federation, has ruled that the world title match between America's Bobby Fischer and the Russian Read More

February 16, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday, February 16, 1972 - Page 4 — Cooling It? — Bobby Fischer, America's chess genius, is very cool toward the Russians who have dominated international chess tournaments for several decades. Things aren't likely to warm up any when he meets Russian master Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, February 16, 1972 - Page 30 — Quality is Counting by Jack Dulmage, Sports Editor —THE NEXT EXALTED confrontation between mercenaries of the state and slaves of the dollar is to occur in June between a Russian Boris Spassky, and an American Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Wednesday, February 16, 1972 - Page 10 — Of Chess Players and Diplomats — In Sapporo, Avery Brundage cast a wary eye over the purity of amateur athletes competing in the Olympics. In Baltimore, Governor Mandel and Mayor Schaefer dangled an opulent stadium complex before Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey Wednesday, February 16, 1972 - Page 3 — Iceland Seeks Chess Details — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — The president of the Icelandic Chess Federation expressed surprise yesterday at the decision to hold the Spassky-Fischer world championship match in both Reykjavik and Belgrade, Read More

February 17, 1972

  • The Algona Upper Des Moines Algona, Iowa Thursday, February 17, 1972 - Page 12 — Unusual Chess Set — An unusual chess set has been fashioned from telephone pole insulators by Allen Masters of Ottumwa. The chess set was displayed at the Iowa Antique Bottler's January meeting at Boone, and won first place in the jar insulator Read More

February 18, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield, Massachusetts Friday, February 18, 1972 - Page 16 — A Mighty Stalemate in the Chess World — A stalemate in chess occurs when a player cannot move any piece except his king and cannot move his king without putting it in check, the result being a draw. A stalemate in setting up a site for a Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Friday, February 18, 1972 - Page 6 — Next Move — Thanks to binding arbitration, a small international problem has been settled and the most exciting world championship chess match since the Second World War can proceed. The problem was where Boris Spassky of the USSR, the current Read More

February 19, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah Saturday, February 19, 1972 - Page 4 — Russian Group Protests Sites for Chess Matches — Moscow (AP) — The Soviet Chess Federation has protested the selection of two cities as host to the world championship chess match between the Russian titleholder, Boris Spassky, and Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Saturday, February 19, 1972 - Page 16 — Checkmate or Stalemate? — American chess champion Bobby Fischer and defending world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union were unable to agree on a site for their world title match so the International Chess Federation Read More

February 20, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, February 20, 1972 - Page 212 — Chess Site for THE Match to be Split in Two by Harold Dondis — The site of the Match of the Millennium — Spassky vs. Fischer — will be a split affair when it gets underway on June 25. The first 12 games will be held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and the second Read More

  • Permanent Link The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, February 20, 1972 - Page 58 — The King's Men: Yugoslavia, Iceland Get Chess Match by Merrill Dowden — The big news for which chess players throughout the world have been waiting is now out, and it's official. Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, has Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, February 20, 1972 - Page 81 — Fischer vs. Spassky: A Classic in Slow Motion by Harold Kaese — The Boston Chess Studio on Newbury Street has eight tables for playing. All were filled Friday afternoon. The action was slow, but strategious. By the end of Summer, the Studio Read More

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 20, 1972 - Page 127 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan: Match In Belgrade And Reykjavik — The match for the world chess championship between titleholder Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and American ace Bobby Fischer will start in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on Sunday, June 25. Read More

February 21, 1972

  • Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Monday, February 21, 1972 - Page 3 — Interest in Chess in the United States... — Interest in chess in the United States has zoomed since Bobby Fischer, long a top player on the international scene, has become a potential world champion. Membership in chess clubs is on the increase, and so are the sales of Read More

  • The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield, Massachusetts Monday, February 21, 1972 - Page 17 — Is Lunch in Bermuda 'cricket' even when a Britisher Pays? — more David Frost criticism

  • New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, February 21, 1972 - Page 24 — Chess: New American Association Promises Lively Schedule — …The United States was represented only by the presence of Bobby Fischer, who was then still in Argentina recuperating from his match against Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union. It is hoped Read More

February 22, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Greenville News Greenville, South Carolina Tuesday, February 22, 1972 - Page 19 — Chess President Rejects Protest — Amsterdam (UPI) — The president of the World Chess Federation rejected Monday a Soviet protest of his decision that the world chess championship match between Boris Spassky of Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Tuesday, February 22, 1972 - Page 21 — New Parley Slated on Title Chess — Amsterdam (AP) — New consultations about a site for the world championship chess match between titleholder Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and challenger Bobby Fischer of the United Read More

February 25, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, New York Friday, February 25, 1972 - Page 6 — Checkmate Russia? — Around newspapers there is a bit of a problem in how to classify chess. When the University of Rochester announced the UR chess team's recent victory over Princeton, its public relations department addressed the Read More

February 26, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Sports Illustrated February 26, 1972 - Page 10 — The Fischer-Spassky Go — When Bobby Fischer bombed Tigran Petrosian off the chessboard last fall and earned the right to meet Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the world championship, interest in chess soared. In the past, the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) Read More

  • Permanent Link The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, February 26, 1972 - Page 50 — Championship Match Set — With the two principals in the world championship match champion Boris Spassky, USSR, and challenger Bobby Fischer USA unable to reach mutual agreement as to the site, FIDE president, Dr. Max Euwe has succeeded in Read More

  • The Marion Star Marion, Ohio Saturday, February 26, 1972 - Page 20 — Club Sends 4 To Chess Play In Columbus — Four members of the Marion Area Chess Club are competing in the Midwest Open Team Chess Festival at Columbus today and Sunday…

  • Permanent Link The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, February 26, 1972 - Page 36 — Chess: Wisdom Of Solomon by D.M. LeDain — Unable to reach agreement as to the selection of the site for the 1972 world championship match, the two principals, champion Boris Spassky, USSR, and challenger Bobby Fischer, U.S.A., had to turn the Read More

February 27, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Salina Journal Salina, Kansas Sunday, February 27, 1972 - Page 14 — Chess Match in Check Before a Pawn is Moved —Christian Science Monitor News Service, Moscow — The battle already is joined. Even before the actual confrontation between Soviet world chess champion Boris Spassky and United States challenger Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Akron Beacon Journal Akron, Ohio Sunday, February 27, 1972 - Page 157 — For 15 Centuries People Have Become Chess Nuts story by Abe Zaidan, cover and inside illustrations by Chuck Ayers — …Perhaps the biggest news in chessdom today, at least in America, is that the game is grabbing headlines in the Read More

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 27, 1972 - Page 128 — Chess: Russians Protest Decision On Match by Isaac Kashdan — The Soviet Union Chess Federation cabled a strong protest to Dr. Max Euwe of Amsterdam against his decision that the match for the world championship between titleholder Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Sunday, February 27, 1972 - Page 59 — New Move for Chess — Editor, The Record: I read with greatest interest Miss Nina Wood's article in the Feb. 7 The Record about the growth of interest in chess in Bergen County, undoubtedly largely due to the spectacular career of Bobby Read More

February 29, 1972

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  • The News-Messenger Fremont, Ohio Tuesday, February 29, 1972 - Page 7 — That's A Fact-Blind Alleys! — In San Francisco in 1960, George Koltanowski played chess against 56 opponents. He won 50, drew 6, lost none-and did this all blindfolded!

March 01, 1972

  • The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Wednesday, March 01, 1972 - Page 10 — Ballard High Chess Team Wins Honors in Atlanta — Ballard High School's chess team won the team division of the Southern High School Championship at Atlanta, Ga., over the weekend…

  • Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Nebraska, Wednesday, March 01, 1972 - Page 39 — Journal Sports:Baseball Entitled to Its License to Bore During Spring — “Well, Friday is the big day. Never mind the fact that Bobby Fischer is still planning his Knight's gambit to be turned loose upon generations of Russian chess masters as yet unborn. Never Read More

  • The Post-Crescent Appleton, Wisconsin Wednesday, March 01, 1972 - Page 47 — Reserve Films For Your Group — 1972 Promo

March 02, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Plainsman Huron, South Dakota Thursday, March 02, 1972 - Page 4 — Stalling The Checkmate — Summitry its problems. Merely making the preliminary arrangements so the main event can take place can tax the expert diplomat. In arranging such a relatively simple matter as a champion chess match between Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Journal Vineland, New Jersey Thursday, March 02, 1972 - Page 19 — Caesars Palace Tops Yugoslavia's Bid for the Bobby Fischer-Russki Chess Championship — Caesars Palace topped Yugoslavia's bid for the Bobby Fischer-Russki chess championship ($175,000 to the Yugo $153,000) … The players decided Read More

March 03, 1972

  • Berwyn Life Berwyn, Illinois Friday, March 03, 1972 - Page 4 — Checkmates — Lavergne student Joe Lamberta is about to make his next move in the chess game with Frank Sheldon. Getting a few pointers while looking on is Todd Orwat. These boys are part of the chess class that is offered in the school's creative studies program Read More

March 04, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Tampa Times Tampa, Florida Saturday, March 04, 1972 - Page 5 — Refugee from Reds is No. 2 U.S. Chess Genius — When Russian tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia in 1968, chess grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek decided it was time to get out. The 24-year-old genius was already famous in his homeland as one Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Montana Standard Butte, Montana Saturday, March 04, 1972 - Page 7 — Chess Master Gets Ultimatum — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP)—The president of the International Chess Federation said Friday that world champion Boris Spassky must forfeit his title if he refuses to accept the venue set for his match with Bobby Read More

March 05, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, March 05, 1972 - Page 56 — Soviet Union Accepts Belgrade and Reykjavik as Title Chess Sites — NYTimes, Moscow, March 4—The Soviet Union, in a major concession, agreed today to having the chess world championship match between Boris Spassky, the Soviet titleholder, and Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Sunday, March 05, 1972 - Page 4 — Russians Agree To Chess Sites — Moscow (AP)—The Russian Chess Federation indicated on Saturday it would agree to two sites for the world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky. The Read More

  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Sunday, March 05, 1972 - Page 9 — Reds OK Chess Sites — The Russian Chess Federation indicated it has agreed to two sites for the world championship chess match between Bobby Fisdcher of the U.S. and the Soviets' Boris Spassky. The Soviet News Agency Tass said that the Russians were ready Read More

  • The Akron Beacon Journal Akron, Ohio Sunday, March 05, 1972 - Page 61 — Bridge Is Gambling To Seattle Police — Consider This Question: If a game of skill required 10 or 15 hands to eliminate chance as a material factor, should the recording of an interim score after each four hands be accepted as proof that chance had been eliminated? In chess, Read More

  • The Courier Waterloo, Iowa Sunday, March 05, 1972 - Page 15 — Teen Center Opens — A grand opening for the new Cedar Falls Teen Center will be 1 to 6 p.m. today. The center, located on Seerley Blvd. near Edwards Park, was open yesterday and Sonia Beasley (left) of 1523 Lilac Lane, took advantage of the facility to play chess with Jodee Read More

March 06, 1972

  • Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Monday, March 06, 1972 - Page 3 — High School Chess Tourney Slated — New Shrewsbury - The final round of the championship playoofs in the Shore High School Chess League will be held beginning at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday …

March 07, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, March 07, 1972 - Page 21 — Soviets Ready to Negotiate Chess Match Site — (UPI) Moscow — The Soviet Chess Federation has said it is ready to start final negotiations for terms of the World Chess Championship match between Boris Spassky and American Read More

  • The Amarillo Globe-Times Amarillo, Texas Tuesday, March 07, 1972 - Page 2 — What Russians Know — Maybe this will change after President Richard Nixon's visit to Moscow in May, but U.S. travelers to Russia say in the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics the best known American is Bobby Fischer, our chess champion. The Russians know Read More

March 08, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Wednesday, March 08, 1972 - Page 187 — OK Chess Super Bowl — Amsterdam, March 7 (Special) — Russia has accepted a compromise settlement of the dispute over where to hold the world chess championship tournament, Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Ukiah Daily Journal Ukiah, California Wednesday, March 08, 1972 - Page 5 — Chess Buffs Invited to Join Club — Beginners at chess and those advanced in the game are all invited to join members of the newly formed Ukiah Chess Club at 8 p.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church. The new club is affiliated with the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Progress Bulletin Pomona, California Wednesday, March 08, 1972 - Page 15 — Future Chess Experts Blooming in Valley —…Cabalo pointed out that for the first time in history of world championships an American chess player, U.S. champion Bobby Fischer, may soon have a chance to win the world championship Read More

March 09, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily Independent Journal San Rafael, California Thursday, March 09, 1972 - Page 19 — Birthday Quiz by Gordon B. Greb — Try this quiz about a famous person born today, March 9: Bobby Fischer (1943-), a brilliant American chess player…

  • Manitowoc Herald-Times Manitowoc, Wisconsin Thursday, March 09, 1972 - Page 16 — TR Chess Team Captures Pair — Two Rivers — The Two Rivers High School chess team captured a pair of recent victories to lift its Northeastern Wisconsin Chess Association second place record to 4-1

March 10, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Kenosha News Kenosha, Wisconsin Friday, March 10, 1972 - Page 27 — Fischer Moves Against Foe — New York — Bobby Fischer could not have found a tougher opponent for the world chess championship than Boris Spassky of Russia, says Sports Illustrated this week. Spassky, who has held the title since 1969, plays a Read More

March 11, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, March 11, 1972 - Page 52 — The Game of Kings: King Only a Pawn by D.M. Le Dain —It appears now that nothing has been settled definitely regarding the site and date of the Spassky-Fischer world championship match. What has been released so far turns out to be only a progress report Read More

  • The Argus Rock Island, Illinois Saturday, March 11, 1972 - Page 4 — Ping Pong Child's Play To Bridge by Julian W. Ramsey — Russia has been considered the unchallenged leader in chess — a game that was always beyond me. But now an American, Bobby Fischer, threatens to dethrone the Russian world champion, Boris Spassky, and will probably Read More

March 12, 1972

  • The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 46 — Annual Conference On International Affairs: Forces At Work In The Soviet Union. — Can U.S. and Allies Influence Future Foreign and Security Policies? by Brady Black, Editor of The Enquirer: The forthcoming world championship chess match between Read More

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 128 — Chess: Soviets Agree To Title Match Sites by Isaac Kashdan — After considerable discussion, the Chess Federation of the Soviet Union has withdrawn its protest, and agreed that the match for the world chess championship shall take place in Belgrade, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 209 — Chess: Nobody Seems Happy About It by Al Horowitz — An AP dispatch from Reykjavik, Iceland, in regard to the Fischer-Spassky match reads: “The president of the Icelandic Chess Federation expressed surprise at the decision to hold the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 356 — Chess Mail — Chicago—Congratulation on your weekly chess column. The growth of chess in recent years has been nothing short of sensational; in metropolitan Chicago alone, there are almost 2,000 regular tournament players, 20,000 to 30,000 Read More

  • The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 144 — World Chess Leader To Tour Australia by David D. McNicoll — Next Saturday one of the leading figures in world chess, Professor Max Euwe, arrives in Australia for a 23-day tour. Professor Euwe, who is 72, is the president of the World Read More

  • The Star Press Muncie, Indiana Sunday, March 12, 1972 - Page 2 — Open Chess Tourney at BSU March 18-19 — The annual Indiana Open Chess Tournament will be held March 18-19 at Ball State University under sponsorship of the BSU Chess Club. All entrants must be members of the United States Chess Foundation and the Indiana State Read More

March 13, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Sports Illustrated, March 13, 1972 - Page 22 — The Big Burden Boris Bears by Robert Byrne —When Bobby Fischer sits down opposite Boris Spassky next June to settle the question of whether an American has truly overtaken a Russian as the world's best chess player, it will mark a new high in awareness of the game in this Read More

March 15, 1972

  • The Shreveport Journal Shreveport, Louisiana Wednesday, March 15, 1972 - Page 1 — Bobby Fischer — I would like to get the address of Bobby Fischer, the chess player.— R.S. A reference source lists his office address as: c/o Robert Rosen, NRB Associates, 485 Madison Avenue, New York N.Y.

  • Kenosha News Kenosha, Wisconsin Wednesday, March 15, 1972 - Page 41 — Fischer In Training — Rocky Marciano, Barney Ross and Joe Louis have all trained at Grossinger's for their world championship bids. Now it's Bobby Fischer, the chess champion, who has arrived at the famed Catskills resort for an indefinite stay. It will be Fischer's Read More

March 16, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Thursday, March 16, 1972 - Page 35 — Donald Byrne, Authors “Big Burden Boris Bears” in Sports Illustrated — An Indianapolis Man, Robert Byrne, is probably as qualified as anyone in the world to evaluate the upcoming world championship chess match between Russia's Boris Read More

March 17, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Signal Santa Clarita, California Friday, March 17, 1972 - Page 4 — The Coming World Championship — The match for the World Chess Championship, the classic match between the East and the West is set for June of this year. It will pit current champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union against the phenomenal prodigy Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Herald Provo, Utah Friday, March 17, 1972 - Page 10 — Springville Man Discovers Unique Use For Nuts and Bolts -- Making Chess Sets by Darrell Berkheimer — Teaches Youths: Mr. Whiting … has taught several [children] to play chess. In addition, he has been involved in Scouting. Returning to chess, Mr. Whiting said, “I Read More

March 18, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The News-Herald Franklin, Pennsylvania Saturday, March 18, 1972 - Page 9 — Checkmate at RGHS: Chess Club Has Tournament — The Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world championship chess match is not the only chess get-together that is making waves. Admittedly on a much smaller scale, the students at Rocky Read More

March 19, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 118 — Fischer's Accuracy — Last year Bobby Fischer rolled up the most fantastic winning streak in chess history, 20 straight victories against grandmaster opposition. Many attempts were made to explain the feat. Clearly Fischer was one of the greatest Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link News-Journal Mansfield, Ohio Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 63 — Chess: Quiet Prevails as Competitors Match Tournament Skills by George N. Constable — A chess tournament is like nothing else in the world. The truly remarkable thing about this game or sport is the complete absence of sound. Indeed, the onlooker might Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 48 — Chess Men Ready For Big Tussle — Brisbane, Saturday. — Diplomacy will reign when chess giants Robert Fischer and Boris Spassky meet for the world chess championship on neutral ground later this year. Half of the 24 Read More

  • Permanent Link The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 11 — The King's Men: Will Spassky Balk on Venue? He Must Play or Forfeit Title by Merrill Dowden — There's a rumor abroad—and at this stage it's only a rumor—that the much-heralded world-championship chess match between the present title-holder, Boris Spassky Read More

  • The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 318 — Chess Star to Take on All Comers — Downey — Chess enthusiasts will have an opportunity to challenge International Grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at 8441 Firestone Blvd. Gligoric will take on all comers Read More

  • Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, March 19, 1972 - Page 170 — Chess: Confusion over THE Match by Harold Dondis — Confusion exists over the Fischer-Spassky match. For some time, the rumors flew thick that Boris Spassky would decline to play in Belgrade, the reason being the warm climate. It also was reported that Read More

March 20, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, March 20, 1972 - Page 9 — Chess Battle Starts June 22 — Amsterdam (AP) — The world chess title match between reigning champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and U.S. challenger Robert Fischer starts in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, June 22, it was decided Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Monday, March 20, 1972 - Page 10 — Belgrade To Be Site of Chess Tilt — Amsterdam (AP) — Chess officials decided today the world title match between champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and his U.S. Challenger Robert Fischer will begin in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Read More

  • Oroville Mercury Register Oroville, California Monday, March 20, 1972 - Page 4 — Test Your Knowledge by Wilton E. Hall — Robert James Fischer has been the United States champion in one of these fields…

March 21, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Tuesday, March 21, 1972 - Page 28 — Chess Federation Settles Details Of Championship — Amsterdam (UPI) — The International Chess Federation announced yesterday that technical details have been settled for the world championship match between Boris Spassky of the Read More

March 22, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Lowell Sun Lowell, Massachusetts Wednesday, March 22, 1972 - Page 66 — Chess Challengers Spar — Sydney (Reuter)—World champion chess player Boris Spassky of Russia and his American challenger Bobby Fischer are limbering up for their scheduled clash like a couple of heavyweight boxers, according to a top official. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Morning Record Meriden, Connecticut Wednesday, March 22, 1972 - Page 6 — Another World Series — There won't be any cheering from the stands, there won't be any hot dogs or beer sold, but the interest of the spectators and followers around the world will be no less fervid when the world series of chess opens later this Read More

March 23, 1972

  • The Montclair Times Montclair, New Jersey Thursday, March 23, 1972 - Page 35 — St. Peter's Ends MHS Chess Streak — The 38-match win streak of the Montclair High School chess team came to an end as the Mounties took third in the New Jersy High School Team Championship. St. Peter's Prep defeated the Mounties 3-2 as it retook the Read More

March 24, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Friday, March 24, 1972 - Page 4 — Bobby Fischer Training At Resort For World Championship of Chess by Ann Hencken — Grossinger, N.Y. (AP) — Bobby Fischer, America's hope for the world chess championship, rushed into the vast, brightly lit dining room at Grossinger's, a giant Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey Friday, March 24, 1972 - Page 8 — Fischer Checked in Money Appeal — Belgrade (AP) — Organizers of the Fischer-Spassky championship chess match followed the lead of their colleagues in Iceland yesterday and turned down a request by Bobby Fischer for a change in financial conditions. Read More

  • Permanent Link The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, March 24, 1972 - Page 48 — Chess by Al Horowitz — [Caption]: Korchnoi . . . an erratic chess star. When we say a chess player is in good form, we obviously mean something more than that he is momentarily successful. We mean that his games — those he wins, of course, but Read More

March 26, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, March 26, 1972 - Page 33 — Fischer Reported Quitting an Accord On Site for Match — Reykjavik, Iceland, March 25 (AP) — Bobby Fischer was reported today to have withdrawn from an earlier agreement to play the second half of his world title chess match here with the Soviet Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Times Herald Port Huron, Michigan Sunday, March 26, 1972 - Page 8 — Fischer Refuses Chess Title Game — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) — U.S. chess wizard Bobby Fischer has informed local officials he will not play the second half of his world title match against the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky in Iceland, the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, March 26, 1972 - Page 210 — Chess: Eleventh 'Chess Informant' Is Out by Al Horowitz — The eleventh number of the semi-annual Yugoslav “Chess Informant” (covering approximately the first six months of 1971) is now available in this country, but it is not, for a happy change, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, March 26, 1972 - Page 81 — Chess: One Against 25 by David D. McNicoll — … “…In June he will be traveling to Yugoslavia for the first session of the world championship series between Bobby Fischer of American and the titleholder Boris Spassky Read More

March 27, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Signal Santa Clarita, California Monday, March 27, 1972 - Page 2 — Those Americans — Yugoslav chess Grand Master Svetozar Gligoric (his friends call him Gligor) played 26 simultaneous games in Los Angeles last week. He galloped from board to board, pushing pawns and skipping knights. he lost one, won 23. Read More

March 28, 1972

  • The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Tuesday, March 28, 1972 - Page 5 — Fischer Baulks — Moscow, Monday — U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer has withdrawn his approval of Belgrade and Reykjavik as venues for his world chess championship match against the Soviet world champion Boris Spassky, Tass reported today.

  • Permanent Link The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, March 28, 1972 - Page 45 — Chess: What Are The Odds? by D.M. Le Dain — In the coming match for the world championship between champion Boris Spassky and challenger Bobby Fischer, a psychological factor is the fact that in their five previous tourney games, Spassky has won Read More

March 29, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sacramento Bee Sacramento, California Wednesday, March 29, 1972 - Page 33 — U.S. Chess Champ Rejects Belgrade For Title Play — Belgrade (AP) — American chess wizard Bobby Fischer rejected Belgrade yesterday as one of the two sites in which he is willing to meet the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky for the world Read More

March 30, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Central New Jersey Home News New Brunswick, New Jersey Thursday, March 30, 1972 - Page 30 — They Just Want The Check, Mates — The one-time “enfant terrible” of chess, Bobby Fischer, has replaced temper tantrums with dollar deliriums. But for one raised in capitalist United States, that's not strange. Fischer, Read More

  • The Terre Haute Tribune Terre Haute, Indiana Thursday, March 30, 1972 - Page 30 — Younger Players Wonder How They Will Get Home by Milton Richman — New York (UPI)-Remember when ballplayers came to play? Now they come to strike or sue. The two procedures have grown to become almost standard practice. Nobody bats an eye over Read More

March 31, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska Friday, March 31, 1972 - Page 3 — Belgrade Won't Set Up Chess Match — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — The Belgrade organizers of the Spassky-Fischer world chess match announced Friday they are dropping plans to organize the match in the scheduled period in this city. The contract Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Friday, March 31, 1972 - Page 18 — Fischer Seen Still Set to Play Match — New York (AP) — E.B. Edmondson, head of the U.S. Chess Federation, who has been negotiating arrangements for Bobby Fischer's world championship match with Boris Spassky, said yesterday Read More

  • The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Friday, March 31, 1972 - Page 4 — Chess Match Snagged Again — Belgrade— A compromise plan to hold half of the world chess-title matches here beginning June 22 appears to have been scuttled already. Yugoslav organizers say they don't have time to arrange the contest between Soviet world Read More

April 01, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 25 — Armed With 'Big Red Book,' Fischer Trains to Meet Spassky by Martin Arnold — Ferndale, N.Y., March 31—Nearly always, when he is seen, he is carrying or reading what is jokingly called “the big red book” to distinguish it from “Quotations From Chairman Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 22 — Bobby Fischer Chess Strikes — So You Though Easter was for Easter eggs. Ba, Humbug. Easter is for strikes. Hockey television strikes. Baseball strikes. Vida Blue strikes. Bobby Fischer chess strikes. […] The Bobby Fischer chess uproar Read More

  • The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 3 — Lightning Chess Strikes New Record — Egham, England (UPI) — Two schoolboys finished their 473rd game of chess without a break last night, claimed a world record and went to bed. David Freeman, 18, and Philip Luckett, 17, said their 60-hour stint of lightning Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Orlando Evening Star, Orlando, Florida, Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 1 — Chess Czars Threaten To Disqualify Fischer —Amsterdam (UPI) — The International Chess Federation (FIDE) offered American grand master Bobby Fischer a final choice today—either face world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union under Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 3 — Spassky-Fischer Chess Match Set For June is Called Off — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP)—The Belgrade organizers of the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess match announced yesterday that they are scrapping plans to organize the match Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Ironwood Daily Globe Ironwood, Michigan Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 10 — Fischer In Chess Brinkmanship — American chess players don't have the stomach for the brinksmanship games that chess star Bobby Fischer has been playing recently. They hope Fischer will forget his latest money demands and get on with the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 2 — Fischer Balks on Money, Endangering Chess Match — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — The Belgrade organizers of the scheduled world championship chess match said Friday that Bobby Fischer of the United States has refused to play here and they are Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Group Orders Fischer To Compete — Amsterdam (UPI) — The International Chess Federation (FIDE) said yesterday Bobby Fischer of the United States must meet world chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union under the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 6 — U.S. Chess Champion Given Ultimatum — Reuters News Agency-Amsterdam, Holland — The International Chess Federation Friday gave Bobby Fischer, American challenger for the world chess title, an ultimatum — agree to the present Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, April 01, 1972 - Page 79 — Bobby Fischer Gets Chess Match Ultimatum — Amsterdam (UPI) — The International Chess Federation (FIDE) offered U.S. grand master Bobby Fischer a final choice today — either face world champion Boris Spassky of the Read More

April 02, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 02, 1972 - Page 116 — Chess: Fischer, Spassky Dates, Referee Set by Isaac Kashdan — Final details for the coming world championship match between titleholder Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and his American challenger Bobby Fischer were apparently worked out at a Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Pacific Daily News Agana Heights, Guam Sunday, April 02, 1972 - Page 24 — FIDE Delivers Ultimatum To Fischer — Amsterdam, (AP)—The World Chess Federation—FIDE—Friday night asked the U.S. Chess Federation to guarantee that challenger Robert Fischer would play world champion Boris Spassky of the Read More

April 03, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Monday, April 03, 1972 - Page 1 — Fischer Near To Self-Checkmate — U S grandmaster Bobby Fischer will be automatically disqualified tomorrow from the final of the world chess championship unless the US Chess Federation can guarantee his appearance Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Mercury Pottstown, Pennsylvania Monday, April 03, 1972 - Page 28 — Chess President Urges Bobby Fischer to Play — Canberra, Australia (AP) — The president of the international Chess Federation said Sunday night that American grandmaster Bobby Fischer “cannot keep fooling around” if he wants to play the Soviet Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Monday, April 03, 1972 - Page 12 — U.S. Champ Eyes World Chess Title — Though an American was hailed as the world's best chess player 114 years ago, Robert J. Fischer may become the first player officially to bring the title to the United States. Brooklyn-born Bobby Fischer, 28, is Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Star-Phoenix Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Monday, April 03, 1972 - Page 2 — Fischer Pushing His Luck — Canberra, Australia (Reuter) - American chess player Bobby Fischer could be automatically disqualified from the final of the world championship, Dr. Max Euwe, International Chess Federation president said Read More

April 04, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Tuesday, April 04, 1972 - Page 5 — Games People Play — However… With all those huge stadiums sitting out there emptied of spectators, somebody has to rush in and fill the gap. Whenever the times call for a hero, a hero will inevitably respond. Bobby Fischer, American chess genius, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Tuesday, April 04, 1972 - Page 31 — Chess Fuss Discussions Suggested — New York (AP) — A senior U.S. chess official proposed Monday that the president of the International Chess Federation sit down with American chess champion Bobby Fischer to resolve the world Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Tuesday, April 04, 1972 - Page 17 — Fischer Lifts Veto on Chess Venue — Amsterdam — (UPI) American chess champion Bobby Fischer has withdrawn his objections to the money terms offered by Belgrade, as one of the sites for the world chess title match, an official of Read More

  • Permanent Link The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, April 04, 1972 - Page 13 — Settled At Last — Although the Russians protested FIDE president Dr. Max Euwe's decision to allot the world championship match between champion Boris Spassky, USSR, and challenger Bobby Fischer, U.S.A., to Belgrade, Yugoslavia Read More

April 05, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, April 05, 1972 - Page 42 — Fischer Announces He Is Ready to Play For the World Title — Bobby Fischer has notified the International Chess Federation—in a cablegram received moments before the deadline set for his disqualification—that he is ready to play for the world Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 4 — Chess Match Is On Again — Amsterdam (AP) — Bobby Fischer's much heralded meeting with Boris Spassky to determine the world chess championship is on again. The International Chess Federation said Tuesday it had received a telegram Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 41 — Fischer Accepts Belgrade Money Offer — Amsterdam (UPI) — American chess champion Bobby Fischer has withdrawn his objections to the money terms offered by Belgrade as one of the sites for the world chess title match, an official of the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 48 — Chess Challenger Agrees To Time, Place for Match — Amsterdam (AP) — That foremost current chess problem—whether and under what terms Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky will meet across the checkered board for the world championship Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Billings Gazette Billings, Montana Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 37 — Fischer Agrees To Chess Finals — Amsterdam (UPI) —American chess champion Bobby Fischer said Tuesday he would play in a world title match with Russian Boris Spassky at Reykjavik, Iceland, and Belgrade, Yugoslavia, starting June Read More

  • The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 91 — Jack Kofoed: Fischer Like Ali — Bobby Fischer, who's from Brooklyn or the Bronx, and Boris Spassky, who comes from Minsk or Pinsk, are the best chess players in the world. Aficionados of check and checkmate want a match between them. Intellectual as chess may be, it Read More

  • Battle Creek Enquirer Battle Creek, Michigan Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 14 — Fischer-Spassky — Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky will meet for the world championship of chess, according to the International Chess Federation. The on-again-off-again match was endangered when Fischer refused to play in Belgrade, the first city in the two- Read More

  • Edmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 47 — Fischer Prepared to Play — Chess master Bobby Fischer of the United States appeared on Dutch television Tuesday and said he is prepared to play the first six matches against world chess master Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in Belgrade. The Read More

  • The Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 22 — Dave Hicks Opinion — … By July of 1973, the entire hemisphere will be on strike, although the actual scope will be difficult to assess because the pickets also will be on strike. Sport will continue to occupy its special niche. … But other strikes are certainly imminent. Read More

  • The Guardian London, Greater London, England Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 1 — New Hitch — Another hitch in the proposed world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer of America and Boris Spassky of Russia: Fischer offered a compromise over the terms for the match last night, but the World Chess Federation said the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Wednesday, April 05, 1972 - Page 3 — Fischer's Compromise Offer On Chess Title Match Rejected — The Hague (Reuter) — Bobby Fischer, the American chess master, offered a compromise yesterday in the dispute over the site of his world title match with the Russian world Read More

April 06, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Nanaimo Daily News Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, April 06, 1972 - Page 2 — World Chess Officials Stand Pat On Old Terms — Belgrade (Reuter) — The Belgrade organizers of the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world title chess match made it clear Wednesday they do not intend to negotiate new terms with Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Pensacola News Pensacola, Florida Thursday, April 06, 1972 - Page 4 — Belgrade Reconsiders Chess Match — Belgrade (AP) — Belgrade may change its mind about refusing to stage the up-coming world chess championship match between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and Bobby Fischer of the United States Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey Thursday, April 06, 1972 - Page 32 — Fischer Sends Agent in Chess Title Check — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — Bobby Fischer's representative is due here next week to attempt to straighten out problems surrounding the American challenger's world chess title match with Boris Read More

April 07, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Friday, April 07, 1972 - Page 24 — Funds Are Shy For Chess Match — New York (AP) — A spokesman for the U.S. Chess Federation said yesterday the organization does not have $35,000 to guarantee the appearance of Bobby Fischer of the United States at the world champion Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Friday, April 07, 1972 - Page 51 — Bobby Fischer Item Is Pawn For Joker — Chess Master Bobby Fischer will make a rare television appearance at 5 p.m. Sunday on KMOX-TV when he is interviewed by Mike Wallace on “60 Minutes.” And that is as bad a reason as any to tell a story Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, April 07, 1972 - Page 12 — Belgrade Spurns Chess — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — This city will abide by its decision to withdraw its sponsorship from the world chess championship match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Read More

  • The Kansas City Star Kansas City, Missouri Friday, April 07, 1972 - Page 40 — Starbeams — Bobby Fischer finally agrees to play the Russian champion. Settlement of the chess strike might be a good omen for baseball.

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, April 07, 1972 - Page 32 — Yugoslavia Asks for $35,000 To Insure Fischer's Appearance — The International Chess Federation has asked the United States Chess Federation to post a $35,000 guarantee that Bobby Fischer will appear in Belgrade to compete with Boris Spassky Read More

April 08, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link St. Cloud Times Saint Cloud, Minnesota Saturday, April 08, 1972 - Page 14 — “60 Minutes.” — One of the segments on this edition of CBS' magazine-of-the-air, features a filmed profile of American chess master, Bobby Fischer. Mike Wallace interviews the young champion upstate in Liberty, New York, where he is in training Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Orlando Evening Star Orlando, Florida Saturday, April 08, 1972 - Page 9 — Chess Whiz Opens Up On '60 Minutes' — The contender for the world championship is in training at Grossingers in the Catskills. Described as a lonely, determined man who says he has “no doubt —none whatsoever” that he'll defeat the Russian Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Charlotte News Charlotte, North Carolina Saturday, April 08, 1972 - Page 1 — Q. Has An American Ever Won an International Chess Match? — A. Yes. In 1858, when the international matches were in their infancy, Paul Morphy of New Orleans defeated all his opponents here and abroad. He held the title four years. Read More

  • Permanent Link The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, April 08, 1972 - Page 52 — Off Again, On Again, Off Again — More trouble has developed in the Spassky-Fischer world championship arrangements. Belgrade, where the first 12 games were to be played, starting June 22, has backed out. Full details are lacking, but it appears that Read More

  • Permanent Link The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, April 08, 1972 - Page 36 — Exercise In Futility? — Just when everything seemed to be ironed out, after many weeks of negotiations, in the world championship match between champion Boris Spassky and challenger, Bobby Fischer with a start on June 22 it now appears to be all Read More

April 09, 1972

  • Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 09, 1972 - Page 143 — USCF Guarantees Fischer Will Play — The match for the world chess championship between American ace Bobby Fischer and titleholder Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union is a reality again. For a time last week it appeared Fischer would be disqualified, as a Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, April 09, 1972 - Page 53 — Soviet Chess Union Will Pay Guarantee — The Soviet Chess Federation said yesterday that it was willing to put up $35,000 to insure that Boris Spassky would compete against Bobby Fischer of the United States for the world chess championship Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily Press Newport News, Virginia Sunday, April 09, 1972 - Page 58 — Soviets Offer To Finance Chess Match — Moscow (UPI)—The Soviet Chess Federation said Saturday it will financially guarantee the world chess championship match if the U.S. Chess Federation does likewise. Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Sunday, April 09, 1972 - Page 12 — Soviets Reply to Fischer's Demands on Chess Match — Moscow (AP) —The Soviet Chess Federation said Saturday it is willing to give financial guarantees that world champion Boris Spassky will keep his commitments to defend his title against American Bobby Read More

  • Permanent Link The Sacramento Bee Sacramento, California Sunday, April 09, 1972 - Page 30 — The Chess Column: Yugoslav Master Predicts Close Win For Fischer — “Fischer will beat Spassky, but it will be close,” is the prediction of Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric on the forthcoming world championship chess match between America's Bobby Read More

  • The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah Sunday, April 09, 1972 - Page 14 — Russ Ready to Underwrite Chess Match — Reuters News Agency - Moscow - The Soviet Chess Federation sent a cable to the international federation Saturday saying it was prepared to put up financial guarantees on the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world title match. Tass Read More

April 10, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Monday, April 10, 1972 - Page 19 — Chess Genius — CBS's “60 Minutes” provided a frank and tantalizing study of Bobby Fischer, who calls himself “the world's greatest chess player.” The profile was made as Fischer was training like a boxer for his approaching match with Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Monday, April 10, 1972 - Page 1 — Action Line — Q: My wife and I are going to Europe this summer, and it would make our vacation if we got a chance to see some of the World Title Match games between Bobby Fischer and Russian Boris Spassky. Can you find out how to get tickets? — Read More

April 11, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily Times, Salisbury, Maryland, Tuesday, April 11, 1972 - Page 12 — Pass Me An Oscar Please… — The Oscar for the best supporting actor went to Bobby Fischer, the ill-mannered chess champion, for his role in “Better Dead Than Red.” Mr. Fischer, taking the stand of George C. Scott, failed to show up at the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Lansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Tuesday, April 11, 1972 - Page 8 — Ten Years Ago — Bobby Fischer, 19-year-old former U.S. chess champion is seeking a court order barring Samuel Reshevsky from competing in any public chess exhibition until after completion of a series of games the two started last year…

April 12, 1972

  • The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Wednesday, April 12, 1972 - Page 55 — Big Mama — “Incidentally, I'm glad I'm taking sour minds off the baseball strike. That's a lousy sport. It's like walking chess. I'd rather see Bobby Fischer move pieces around on a board than sit through a ball game.” —Cass Elliot, Mamas and the Papas

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Wednesday, April 12, 1972 - Page 25 — Chess Match Called Off By Yugoslav Officials — Belgrade (AP) — Yugoslav chess officials said Tuesday they would definitely not set up the Fischer-Spassky championship match here. The statement followed an announcement by FIDE, the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Wednesday, April 12, 1972 - Page 54 — Even Chess Has a Strike Problem — Los Angeles — By what cerebral processes editors arrive at decisions long has been a matter of bafflement to those who study the human scene. A case in point was the big Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Wednesday, April 12, 1972 - Page 20 — Chess Match Not Backed by Yugoslavs —Belgrade (AP) — Yugoslav chess officials said Tuesday they would definitely not set up the Fischer-Spassky championship match here. The statement followed an announcement by FIDE, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, April 12, 1972 - Page 32 — Chess Match Strikes Snag — Belgrade — Belgrade organizers of the world title chess match between Boris Spassky and Robert Fischer have definitely refused to stage their half of the match because the American Chess Federation has Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Pacific Daily News Agana Heights, Guam Wednesday, April 12, 1972 - Page 23 — Fischer Sees More To Meet Than Spassky — New York (AP) — I don't care two pennies about Boris Spassky as a man, one way or another, but by defeating him I can beat the Russians, who have tried to run me down for years. Bob Fischer, the self- Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York Wednesday, April 12, 1972 - Page 41 — Yugoslavia Says No To Top Chess Match — Belgrade, April 11 (AP)—Yugoslav chess officials said today that they would definitely not set up the championship match here between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Read More

April 13, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Thursday, April 13, 1972 - Page 47 — Yugoslavs' Move Puts Challenger Fischer in Check — Belgrade (UPI) — The Belgrade sponsors of the world chess championship have given American challenger Bobby Fischer until Friday to post a $35,000 guarantee that he will take part, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, April 13, 1972 - Page 7 — Dispute Cancels Chess Match — Amsterdam (Reuter) — The world Chess Federation cancelled Thursday the world championship match in Belgrade between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and the United States challenger Bobby Fischer Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Florida Thursday, April 13, 1972 - Page 120 — Checkmate — The agonizing moments of decision, the happiness of a superior tactical move, the sudden flush of realization that you've been out-maneuvered — it's all part of the chess tournament being held by the Boy's Clubs of Palm Read More

April 14, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona Friday, April 14, 1972 - Page 17 — U.S. Group Loses Bid To Discuss Problems Of Chess Title Match — Americans Refuse To Post Guarantee — Amsterdam (AP) — The World Chess Federation rejected Thursday a request from the American Chess Federation for a telephone conference to iron out Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Friday, April 14, 1972 - Page 3 — Fischer's Demands Kill Chess Match — Amsterdam (Reuter) The World Chess Federation canceled the world championship encounter in Belgrade between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and his U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer Thursday, after a long dispute Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Friday, April 14, 1972 - Page 15 — Stalemate in Fischer-Spassky World Chess Tourney Doubted — Newburgh (N.Y.) — (AP) Col. E. B. Edmondson, executive director of the American Chess Federation, says he has been assured that every effort will be made to prevent Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Guardian London, Greater London, England Friday, April 14, 1972 - Page 2 — Spassky Kept Waiting — Amsterdam, April 13 — The first leg of the chess world championship match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union was cancelled today by the Belgrade sponsors, the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, April 14, 1972 - Page 40 — Fischer-Spassky Games in Belgrade Canceled, World Chess Group Says by Linda Charlton — The first half of the world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union—the subject of Read More

  • Lexington Leader Lexington, Kentucky Friday, April 14, 1972 - Page 19 — UK Chess Tourney Starts Saturday — The University of Kentucky Chess Club will sponsor two four-round tournaments this weekend …

  • Chronological Permanent Link St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Friday, April 14, 1972 - Page 35 — Chess Match May Be Held In October — Belgrade, April 14 (UPI) — The world chess title match between Russian champion Boris Spassky and United States challenger Robert Fischer may take place in Belgrade in October instead of June, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The News Journal Wilmington, Delaware Friday, April 14, 1972 - Page 10 — Scheduled to Start in June: Fischer-Spassky Match Not Till Fall, Says Slav — Belgrade (UPI) — The Belgrade organizers of the world chess title match between Soviet champion Boris Spassky and U.S. challenger Robert Fischer said today the event may take Read More

April 15, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, April 15, 1972 - Page 11 — Host Sought for First Part of World Chess Match by Lawrence Van Gelder — International Unit Acts After Belgrade Cancels Planned Fischer-Spassky Contest — Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, said yesterday that he had Read More

  • The Express Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Saturday, April 15, 1972 - Page 7 — Sports — SI didn't snub the Chinese table tennis team's hatch in Canada, nor will it overlook Bobby Fischer's world championship chess match with the Russian.

  • The Daily Journal Vineland, New Jersey Saturday, April 15, 1972 - Page 25 — Down-To-Earth Competition — …while chess greats Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky study for their upcoming match, the First Spherical Chess Tournament will be held April 22 at Queensborough Community College. Invented by Peter Yaspan, a Queensborough Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu, Hawaii Saturday, April 15, 1972 - Page 43 — San Francisco Herb Caen: Bigga Deal — Promoter Cyrus Weiss of our town, backed by mysterious sources, flew to N.Y. Thursday to offer Chess Champ Bobby Fischer a $200,000 purse to play Russia's No. 1, Boris Spassky, at our Palace of Fine Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Times San Mateo, California Saturday, April 15, 1972 - Page 36 — Chessboard Is Nation's Field of Honor — At last it has been settled. Bobby Fischer will play Boris Vasilyevich Spassky for the chess championship of the would. The match will begin on June 22 and when it is over many experts think there will be a new Read More

April 16, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, April 16, 1972 - Page 195 — Evanston High Players Take Top Chess Plum — “One member of the Evanston team, Robinson, also has picked up pointers from Bobby Fischer, 28, American chess champion who will compete for the world title in June. Robinson met Fischer In New York Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sunday, April 16, 1972 - Page 138 — Russia, U.S. Gird For Battle Over World Chess Championship By Stephens Broening Associated Press Writer — Moscow — Yefim Geller draws on his cigarette, then chews on his left thumb for a while. His glance springs momentarily to the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee Sunday, April 16, 1972 - Page 118 — Paul's A Winning Chess Nut — The emergence among young people of an interest in chess is due partly, Paul believes, to the career of Bobby Fischer. “He really works at it, you know,” said Paul. “That's all he ever does. Gives chess-playing a lot of publicity.”

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, April 16, 1972 - Page 7 — Australia May Get Big Chess Game By a Special Reporter — Australia has less than a week to bid for the 1972 world chess championship, which is being billed as the chess match of the century. President of the World Chess Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, April 16, 1972 - Page 28 — Doubt Voiced on Funds For Top Chess Match — The Hague, the Netherlands, April 15 — Wim Ruth, chairman of the Dutch Chess Union, said tonight it was highly unlikely that his organization could raise the necessary prize money for the first half of the Read More

April 17, 1972

  • The Guardian London, Greater London, England Monday, April 17, 1972 - Page 5 — Hartston Makes a Fine Start by our Chess Correspondent — William Hartston, England's No. 2 chess player, has made a fine start at Vrnjacka Banja, Yugoslavia, in the 14-player European zonal tournament which leads to the world championship in 1975 against Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Monday, April 17, 1972 - Page 28 — Chess Match Homeless — Amsterdam — (AP) — The problem of where and if American challenger Bobby Fischer will meet titleholder Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union to settle the world championship of chess became even knottier Sunday. The Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Daily News Lebanon, Pennsylvania Monday, April 17, 1972 - Page 2 — World Chess Matches Still Without Home — Amsterdam (UPI) — The first games of the world chess championship between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union still were without a home today after officials in Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Tyler Morning Telegraph Tyler, Texas Monday, April 17, 1972 - Page 19 — U.S., Russian Chess Bout Having Trouble — Amsterdam (UPI) — The Dutch chess Federation Sunday turned down a suggestion it organize the first leg of the world championship match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Read More

April 18, 1972

  • The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, April 18, 1972 - Page 27 — Zuk Wins State Chess Tourney — Ellensburg, Washington (AP) Robert Zuk of Surrey, a former B.C. champion, took first place in the Washington Chess Federation's tournament of county champions over the weekend in Ellensburg. Zuk collected Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Missoulian Missoula, Montana Tuesday, April 18, 1972 - Page 10 — Dutch Frown On Fischer — The Hague, The Netherlands, — The board of the National Dutch Chess Union has decided to give up all efforts to organize a world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. Gerard Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Tuesday, April 18, 1972 - Page 8 — Fischer's 'Whims' Annoy — Moscow (AP) — The Soviet Union jumped into the international wrangle over the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world championship chess match Tuesday, charging Fischer with “endless whims” and the International Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania Tuesday, April 18, 1972 - Page 28 — Dutch Refuse to Provide Site For World Chess Title Match — New York — The Dutch Chess Union announced Monday that the Netherlands would not be the site of the first half of the world chess championship match this summer between Bobby Read More

April 19, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, April 19, 1972 - Page 37 — A Problem of Some Size — IF THE SOVIETS and Americans can't agree on how to hold a chess match for money, how are the Soviets and Canadians going to manage it in hockey? There is an interesting parallel here because in both Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Wednesday, April 19, 1972 - Page 3 — Chess Clubs Fear Match in Jeopardy — Moscow (Reuter) — The Soviet Chess Federation said tonight that the world title match between the Soviet holder, Boris Spassky, and the American challenger, Bobby Fischer, is in jeopardy. Its Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Florida Wednesday, April 19, 1972 - Page 12 — Interviews — After watching Mike Wallace's TV interview of chess champion Bobby Fischer. I wonder why his personal and private life is considered his own? Duane Thomas of the Dallas Cowboys was raked over the coals and finally found Read More

April 20, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Thursday, April 20, 1972 - Page 12 — World Chess Champion Boris Spassky checkmates a slice of melon during a tennis session in Moscow. This is the “pawn broker” U.S. champion Bobby Fischer is so anxious to get at. “Boris Spassky, the world chess champion, is shown Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Thursday, April 20, 1972 - Page 6 — Why Not Montreal? — The International Chess Federation is having a hard time staging its world championship this year. It is too bad, because the match promises to be one of the most exciting ever (for chess players), pitting Bobby Fischer, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas Thursday, April 20, 1972 - Page 6 — Soviets Like Paris For Chess — Moscow (AP) - Soviet chess officials declared today that world champion Boris Spassky is willing to meet American challenger Bobby Fischer in Paris this summer. Viktor D. Baturinsky, chairman of Moscow's chess Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Thursday, April 20, 1972 - Page 76 — Chess King Willing to Stay in Paris — Moscow (Reuter) — World chess champion Boris Spassky of Russia is willing to meet challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States in Paris this summer provided the entire match is held there, according to Read More

  • News-Journal Mansfield, Ohio Thursday, April 20, 1972 - Page 29 — Chess Exhibition Set — Galion; Chess expert Dr. Milan Vukecevich will conduct a simultaneous exhibition at the Galion Community Center at 7:30 p.m. April 29. Dr. Vukcevich was born and raised in Yugoslavia. He has been in the United States for the past nine years. He Read More

April 21, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Texas, Friday, April 21, 1972 - Page 5 — Mexico Bids For Chess Title Match — Mexico City (AP) — Telesistema Mexicana, Mexico's largest television network, has offered $175,000 in prize money to be host to the world chess championship between Bobby Fischer of the U.S. and Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, April 21, 1972 - Page 74 — Mexicans Offer $175,000 for Chess — Mexico City (UPI) — Mexico's leading television network reported today it has offered $175,000 in prize money to bail out the deadlocked world championship chess match between Read More

April 22, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Saturday, April 22, 1972 - Page 5 — Mexico TV Offer on Chess Title — Mexico City, Friday. — Telesistema Mexicana, Mexico's largest television network, has offered $US175,000 ($A147,000) in prize money to be host of the world chess championship between Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Pacific Daily News Agana Heights, Guam Saturday, April 22, 1972 - Page 28 — Paris Ruled Out By FIDE As Chess Site — Amsterdam (UPI)—The International Chess Federation (FIDE) said today [it] ruled out the possibility Paris could organize the first part of the World Championship Match between Bobby Fischer of the Read More

April 23, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Sunday, April 23, 1972 - Page 65 — How To Quiet a Roomful of Teen-Agers: Let 'em Play Chess —Kenny Regan of Paramus missed the National High School Chess Championship tourney the other day. He was home, sick. He had the chicken pox. Kenny at 12 is a seventh-grader at Eastbrook Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Sunday, April 23, 1972 - Page 144 — Unlikely Chess Championship? — A chess championship between the U.S.'s Bobby Fischer and Russia's Boris Spassky seemed unlikely after the International Chess Federation said that Fischer had refused to play for the world title in Read More

  • Permanent Link The Sacramento Bee Sacramento, California Sunday, April 23, 1972 - Page 5 — The world championship match between Robert Fischer and Boris Spassky remains clouded with controversy. Ken Smith, Fischer's formally designated aide for openings research, insists that, despite recent news stories, the match should be considered Read More

April 24, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monday, April 24, 1972 - Page 10 — Soviet Propaganda: Still Stalemated — Organizers of the world chess championship between Bobby Fischer of the U. S. and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union are having as much trouble finding financial backing as the Read More

April 25, 1972

  • The Post-Crescent Appleton, Wisconsin Tuesday, April 25, 1972 - Page 15 — Focus '71 — “…Bobby Fischer ‘checkmates’ Boris Spassky in the World Chess Championship.”

April 26, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Wednesday, April 26, 1972 - Page 73 — SOVIET RUMOR MILL: Czechoslovakian-Communist Vlastimil Hort “Force Bobby Fischer to Play” (Tho Week Earlier Fischer Already Confirmed He Would!) — “The World Chess Federation should take tougher measures against American Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Wednesday, April 26, 1972 - Page 4 — Puerto Rico Bids For Chess — Singapore, Tuesday. — Puerto Rico has offered to be host for the world chess championships between defending champion Boris Spassky, of the Soviet Union, and Bobby Fischer, of the Read More

April 27, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, April 27, 1972 - Page 04 — Puerto Rico Offers To Be Host In Chess — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 26 (Reuters)—Puerto Rico has offered to be host for the chess match between the world champion, Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, and his American challenger, Bobby Fischer. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, April 27, 1972 - Page 42 — Puerto Rico Bids For World Chess Match — Kuala Lumper, Malaysia (Reuter) — Puerto Rico has offered to be host for the much-disputed chess match between world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and his American Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Capital Annapolis, Maryland Thursday, April 27, 1972 - Page 4 — Chess: Fischer's Old Team-mate Counters Some of the Bad Press — Sir: Bobby Fischer is probably the strongest chess player in the world today—possibly the greatest player in the history of the game. Back in the 1950's, we played for the same team Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Orlando Evening Star Orlando, Florida Thursday, April 27, 1972 - Page 40 — Chess Match Delay Irks Russians — Moscow (Reuter) — The Soviet Chess Federation today said American challenger Bobby Fischer should be deprived of the right to meet Boris Spassky, the Soviet world champion, because he did not obey international Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Thursday, April 27, 1972 - Page 5 — Soviet Rumor Mill: Soviets Insist on Iceland Chess Site — Moscow (AP) — The Soviet Chess Federation said today the world title match between Boris Spassky, the reigning champion, and Bobby Fischer, his American challenger, must be held in Reykjavik Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Thursday, April 27, 1972 - Page 34 — Canadians Now Enter Chess Bid — The world chess showdown between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, the current champion, and challenger Bobby Fischer, could still come about. Puerto Rico and Canada have both offered to host at least a Read More

April 28, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 18 — Reykjavik Makes Chess Bid — Amsterdam (UPI) — Reykjavik is willing to organize both legs of the world chess championship match between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer, an international Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 120 — Game Within a Game — Belgrade, April 27 (UPI)—The International Chess Federation has contacted four European cities in its search for a host for the first part of the world championship match between challenger Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, Bozidar Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Kenosha News Kenosha, Wisconsin Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 1 — Seeks Chess Match in Australia — Sydney (UPI) — James Mason, a Melbourne entrepreneur, today offered to put up $122,000 to stage the first leg of the world chess championship in Australia between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Alberta, Canada Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 3 — Australia Offers To Be Host For Chess Match — Melbourne (Reuter) — Australia has made a $133,000 offer to stage the world chess championship between title-holder Boris Spassky of Russia and American challenger Bobby Fischer, it was Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Des Moines Tribune Des Moines, Iowa Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 22 — Soviet Rumor Mill: Soviet Paper Cites Chess 'Bias' — Moscow, Russia (AP) — A Soviet newspaper Friday accused the head of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) of unscrupulous bias in favor of Bobby Fischer, the American grandmaster who has Read More

April 29, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Saturday, April 29, 1972 - Page 40 — Another Chess BidJames Mason, a Melbourne entrepreneur, Friday offered to put up $122,000 to stage the first leg of the world chess championship in Australia between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, April 29, 1972 - Page 2 — Mexicans Seek Chess — Amsterdam (AP) — Mexico made a bid today to host the world chess championship between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States. A World Chess Federation Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Saturday, April 29, 1972 - Page 6 — Sarajevo to Open Play In World Chess Match By David Spurr — Belgrade (UPI) — Promoters in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, said Friday they have “replied favorably” to an International Chess Federation (FIDE) offer to play host to the first leg of a world Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, April 29, 1972 - Page 17 — Australia Will Bid On Chess Title Play — Adelaide, Australia, April 28—Australia is expected to bid tomorrow for the staging of the first half of the 24-game world chess title match between Bobby Fischer of the United States and the champion, Boris Spassky Read More

April 30, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, April 30, 1972 - Page 93 — Now It's Chess For The Masses From Don Riseborough in New York —WITH YOUNG Bobby Fischer preparing to become the first American to play for the world championship in June, the sale of chess sets across the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, April 30, 1972 - Page 4 — Melbourne's 11th-Hour Bid For Top Chess Match — A Melbourne engineer has put in an eleventh-hour bid—to the tune of $110,000—to get an Australian venue for the chess match of the century. Mr. James Nason, 39, of Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, April 30, 1972 - Page 56 — Fischer-Spassky Chess Match May Stalemate Before It Begins By Harold Dondis, Globe Staff — Preparations for the scheduled world championship chess match between the American Bobby Fischer and the Russian world champion Boris Spassky have Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Green Bay Press-Gazette Green Bay, Wisconsin Sunday, April 30, 1972 - Page 49 — No Crowds Come to Cheer at this Tourney — Of the players, Downen said, “It's a gentleman's game. The people who play it are reserved and diplomatic.” Although he had said chess is not limited to the “brainy” students, Downen said, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sunday News Ridgewood, New Jersey Sunday, April 30, 1972 - Page 43 — Chess Interest Growing — “…there's also a Bergen youth interest upbeat in the most stationary, action-riveted game of all time—chess! Some area libraries report a sudden rush by youngsters on the chess bookshelves, which ordinarily Read More

  • The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, April 30, 1972 - Page 143 — Latest Moves — Australia's chess buffs are heartened by yesterday's surprise revelation that a Melbourne businessman is prepared to underwrite the Chess Match of the Century between America's Bobby Fischer and Russia's Boris Spassky Read More

May 01, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Monday, May 01, 1972 - Page 3 — Chess Bout Gets Another Offer — Sydney, Australia (Reuter) — A Sydney syndicate has submitted a $225,000 bid to stage the world chess championship here—the second offer to come out of Australia in three days. The move came as officials of Read More

May 02, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Tuesday, May 02, 1972 - Page 3 — Chess Bid Made to Boost Australia — Mr. Linden Prowse flung his hands in the air and said: “Everybody wants to know why! Is there anything wrong with doing something for Australia?” Mr. Prowse's “some-thing for Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Tuesday, May 02, 1972 - Page 17 — World Chess Match Site Selection Ready — Amsterdam (UPI) — Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, said Monday he would make a final decision on the world championship match of Bobby Fischer of the United States Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Journal and Courier Lafayette, Indiana Tuesday, May 02, 1972 - Page 34 — Chess Negotiations — Amsterdam, Netherlands (AP) — Negotiations on the site and date of the world chess championship match between title holder Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and his U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer will be handled from now on by Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Tuesday, May 02, 1972 - Page 5 — Iceland picked as single site for chess meet — Reuter — Amsterdam — Dr. Max Euwe, chairman of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), announced here today the Federation will try to make Iceland the location for the entire world chess Read More

May 03, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Wednesday, May 03, 1972 - Page 39 — Your Move Chess Club Tells Bobby — Amsterdam, Netherlands (AP) — The world chess championship was handed today to Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, a spokesman of the International Chess Federation — FIDE — said. The championship is scheduled to Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Fresno Bee The Republican Fresno, California Wednesday, May 03, 1972 - Page 18 — Iceland Agrees To Host World Chess Championship — Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) —Iceland has agreed to stage the world chess championship between America's Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union starting July 2, the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Miami News Miami, Florida Wednesday, May 03, 1972 - Page 2 — Iceland Gets Chess Tournament — Reykjavik, Iceland — The long-delayed World Chess Championship between the Soviet title-holder Boris Spassky and American Bobby Fischer will begin here on July 2, it was announced here last night. Gudmundur Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Wednesday, May 03, 1972 - Page 9 — Iceland Site For World Chess Crown — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) — The Icelandic Chess Federation announced yesterday it has agreed to stage the entire 24-game world chess championship match between Bobby Fisher of the United Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Wednesday, May 03, 1972 - Page 22 — Chess Match Location Ruling Made — Moscow (AP) — Tass said today the president of the International Chess Federation has decided that the world championship match between champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Wednesday, May 03, 1972 - Page 34 — Iceland May Host Entire Chess Match — (Reuter) Amsterdam — Dr. Max Euwe, chairman of the International Chess Federation announced Tuesday the federation will try to make Iceland the venue for the entire world chess Read More

  • Alton Evening Telegraph Alton, Illinois Wednesday, May 03, 1972 - Page 17 — Is Chess Threatened by Women's Lib? — Hardly: Since there is no conscious or unconscious effort to keep women away from the practically all male preserve around the chess board. Dr. Reuben Fine, pointing out in “The Psychology of the Chess Player” (Dover), that chess Read More

May 04, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Thursday, May 04, 1972 - Page 2 — Russ OK Iceland Chess — Moscow — (AP) — The Soviet Chess Federation agreed today that Reykjavik, Iceland, should be the site of the world championship chess match between title holder Boris Spassky of Russia and Bobby Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Thursday, May 04, 1972 - Page 8 — Iceland Named For Chess Titles on July 2 — Reykjavik, (Iceland), Wednesday. — The long-delayed world chess championship between the Soviet title-holder, Boris Spassky and the American player, Bobby Fischer, will Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Thursday, May 04, 1972 - Page 31 — Fischer Warned Play In Iceland or Else — Amsterdam (UPI)—Max Euwe, president of the international Chess Federation (FIDE), announced yesterday he has picked Reykjavik, Iceland, as the site for the world Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, May 04, 1972 - Page 16 — Reykjavik Awarded Title Chess Series — It was Bobby Fischer's move yesterday in the preliminaries for the world chess championship—and the American challenger remained incommunicado on the latest proposal to hold his matches with Boris Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah Thursday, May 04, 1972 - Page 10 — Chess Match Slated for Iceland? — Reuters News Agency, The Hague — The Soviet and United States chess federations have to confirm by Saturday that world champion Boris Spassky and American Bobby Fischer will meet in Reykjavik, Read More

May 05, 1972

  • Permanent Link Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, May 05, 1972 - Page 25 — Let's Play Chess by Harold Lundstrom — …As of our last report, Fischer had not yet replied. Dr. Euwe also said that Fischer would lose the right to play for the title if he failed to accept. Under an earlier agreement, half the 24-game match was to have been played Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Friday, May 05, 1972 - Page 3 — Bid For Chess Still On — The head of the Sydney syndicate seeking to stage the world chess championships is ready to meet the American contender, Bobby Fischer, to press Sydney's claims. Mr. Linden Prowse said this Read More

  • Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida Friday, May 05, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Champ Defeats Foe — (AP) New York — Defending U.S. chess champion Sammy Reshevsky defeated Larry Kaufman in 41 moves last night to maintain a half-point lead after eight rounds of the 21st National Chess Championships. Lubomir Kavalek was in Read More

May 06, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, May 06, 1972 - Page 33 — Fischer Accepts Match In Iceland – Agrees to Oppose Spassky for World Chess Title by Murray Illson — Bobby Fischer, the American challenger for the world chess championship, agreed yesterday to play the champion, Boris Spassky of the Soviet Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida Saturday, May 06, 1972 - Page 5 — Fischer Accepts Match In Iceland — Grossingers, N.Y. (Reuter) Chess master Bobby Fischer agreed Friday to play world chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the title in Reykjavik, Iceland, Fischer's representative said. Paul Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona Saturday, May 06, 1972 - Page 2 — Fischer Accepts Chess Site — Issues Complaint Over Treatment — Grossinger, N.Y. (AP) — American chess grand master Bobby Fischer agreed Friday to play Boris Spassky of Russia “in Iceland or anywhere else in the free world” under conditions set by Read More

  • The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Saturday, May 06, 1972 - Page 46 — New Paperbacks — “Flamboyant chess master Bobby Fischer is passing out tips. His methods have been explained in a Bantam paperback, Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. Originally published by Xerox Basic Systems, the book is described as using the concept Read More

  • Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Saturday, May 06, 1972 - Page 40 — Fischer Accepts — Bobby Fischer, the challenger for the World Chess Championship, Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, in Reykjavik, Iceland. A sharply worded statement issued in Fischer's behalf by his representative made it clear that the United States Read More

  • The Guardian London, Greater London, England Saturday, May 06, 1972 - Page 5 — Larsen Proves His Skill by our Chess Correspondent — Although the Danish chess grandmaster Bent Larsen, lost to Parma in the last round of the Teeside Grand Masters' tournament at Thornaby, his success in this formidable event re-establishes him as the Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Kenosha News Kenosha, Wisconsin Saturday, May 06, 1972 - Page 17 — Quinteros Aides Fischer Training — Among its guests, Grossinger's has a “sparring partner” to help Bobby Fischer train for his forthcoming world-championship chess match against Russia's Boris Spassky. The sparring partner is former Argentinean Read More

May 07, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque, New Mexico Sunday, May 07, 1972 - Page 85 — Fischer Agrees To Iceland Site For Chess Title —Amsterdam (UPI) — The International Chess Federation said it received confirmation from U.S. chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer Saturday that he will challenge Boris Spassky of the Soviet Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Pacific Daily News Agana Heights, Guam Sunday, May 07, 1972 - Page 30 — Fischer Agrees To Meet Russian Chess Champion — Grossinger, New York (UPI)— American chess challenger Bobby Fischer of New York City said today he will meet Russian champion Boris Spassky for a 24-game world championship series in Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, May 07, 1972 - Page 6 — World Chess to Be Played in Iceland — New York, Saturday (AAP-Reuter): Bobby Fischer of America, agreed yesterday to play world chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the title in Reykjavik, Iceland. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Sunday, May 07, 1972 - Page 8 — Fischer Approves Of Iceland Match from Wire Reports — Grossinger, N.Y. — American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer has agreed to Iceland as the site of his 24-game world championship match against Boris Spassky of Russia. A Read More

May 08, 1972

  • The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Monday, May 08, 1972 - Page 9 — Rogers — Rogers sipped lemonade, joked with the crew, told the four newsmen aboard about his college boxing days, joined his wife, Adele, at bridge, and remarked how glad he was to hear that Bobby Fischer had agreed to play Boris Spassky in Iceland for the world chess Read More

May 10, 1972

  • Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey Wednesday, May 10, 1972 - Page 45 — Title Captured By Chess Team — Dover Township — The chess team at Toms River High School North has taken first place in the North Jersey High School Chess Tournament. Ken Ivins, a team member, took individual honors with a perfect 5-0 score. Other team Read More

May 11, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Thursday, May 11, 1972 - Page 18 — Ideological Chess Duel? — The World Chess Championship between the young American grandmaster Bobby Fischer and the current champion Boris Spassky of Russia is taking on the aspects of an ideological duel between the two super powers. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Emporia Gazette Emporia, Kansas Thursday, May 11, 1972 - Page 2 — Garner Ted Exiled — …AT FIRST, Herbert told W.C.G. members that Garner Ted was simply taking a long overdue leave of absence. Then, in February, the inner church membership — about 75,000 people — heard a letter from Pasadena so secret that Read More

May 14, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sunday, May 14, 1972 - Page 47 — Australian Gambit — So Australia, after its belated flurry of big bids to stage the world chess championships, has missed its early chances. Only little Iceland will do, it appears, for the two giants from East and West to Read More

May 15, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York May 15, 1972 - Page 71 — WNET Plans to Simulate Plays In Fischer's Bid for Chess Title by George Gent — Channel 13 is planning to carry a simulated play-by-play telecast of the world chess championship between Bobby Fischer of the United States and the present champion, Boris Spassky Read More

  • The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Monday, May 15, 1972 - Page 2 — Chess Tie — The twenty-first U.S. National Chess Championship ended in a three-way tie, with defending champion Samuel Reshevsky, Robert Byrne and Lubomir Kavalek each having nine points. A double round-robin tournament to determine the winner will be held Read More

May 17, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, May 17, 1972 - Page 16 — Windsor Youth Ties First in Provincial Chess Meet by Al Strachan — …Bobby Fischer, the American master is his idol and, Ray thinks, the world's best chess player. Ray tries to pattern his game after Fischer's using the same Ruy Lopez opening Read More

May 20, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Saturday, May 20, 1972 - Page 65 — The King and His Sixty-Four Squares by Sandra Shevey —Bobby Fischer Trains Fiercely for His Big Chance at the World Chess Championship— While ([Soviet Government and its network of influential sympathisers across western media]) Makes Read More

May 21, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, May 21, 1972 - Page 336 — New Body Twist: Eggheads Tone the Muscles, Athletes the Mind by Alan Truscott — Whether a brilliant body can function effectively when harnessed to a dull mind is a question provoked by some recent evidence suggesting that a brilliant mind can Read More

May 22, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Monday, May 22, 1972 - Page 21 — Kup's Column : His Kingdom For A Knight's Queen — Chicago — Impresario Frank Fried will win the hearts of the nation's chess enthusiasts with this project: He's on the verge of a deal for a closed-circuit audio (not visual) broadcast of the world Read More

May 24, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Miami News Miami, Florida Wednesday, May 24, 1972 - Page 34 — Playing It Close To The Chess — Carner Bank first vice president Abel Holtz, right, takes a giant chess step forward as opponent Stephen Carner, the bank president, left, and Miami Beach Chess Club president Norman Mendelson look on. The bank is Read More

May 25, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Thursday, May 25, 1972 - Page 62 — Tourney Broadcast — Chess addicts can rejoice. It looks as if the world championship match at Reykjavik, Iceland, between Bobby Fischer, the young American star, and Boris Spassky, the Russian champion, will be carried live — at least Read More

May 26, 1972

  • The Lincoln Star Lincoln, Nebraska Friday, May 26, 1972 - 23 — Chess Players Are Gathering For Tournament — About 50 chess players from 14 states and Canada will gather in Lincoln on Memorial Day weekend to play in the Jerry Spahn Memorial Tournament. Spahn was an internationally known chess organizer. He played his last Read More

May 27, 1972

  • Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, New York Saturday, May 27, 1972 - Page 3 — Ketcham Chess Team In State Tournament —Wappingers Falls — The Roy C. Ketcham Knights, a chess team from Roy C. Ketcham High School, participated in the New York State Chess Tournament conducted in Central Islip, Long Island…

  • Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Saturday, May 27, 1972 - Page 36 — U.S. Title In Chess On Line — A two-week tournament to determine the U.S. women's chess championship opens Sunday at the Suwanee Hotel. The nation's 11 top women players, ranging from defending champion Gisela Gresser of New York to 13 year Read More

May 28, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday, May 28, 1972 - Page 13 — Restrained Sport of Chess Really Nerve-Wracking Game of 'Action' by Sue Story —In a smoke-filled room at the Ramada Inn Saturday afternoon, 45 men and one woman sat deep in concentration. The near silence was broken by clocks ticking, Read More

  • The Post-Standard Syracuse, New York Sunday, May 28, 1972 - Page 77 — World Match — After some tense moments resulting from Yugoslavia's cancelling its agreement to hold the first half of the Fischer-Spassky Challenger's Match for the World Title everything is peaceful again. Dr. Max Euwe, FIDE president, announced that the entire 24 Read More

May 29, 1972

  • Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Monday, May 29, 1972 - Page 38 — Chess Forfeits Prevail — — First-round play in the U.S. Women's Chess Champtionship and Ladies Zonal Tournament Sunday at the Suwannee Hotel ended with Two forfeits declared and three adjourned matches. …

May 30, 1972

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Tuesday, May 30, 1972 - Page 6 — Thinks Chess Rates More Attention — To the Editor: I am very pleased to see that your paper has given a continual flow of information on the upcoming Fischer-Spassky world championship chess match. I was also glad to see your announcement of Read More

  • The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Tuesday, May 30, 1972 - Page 2 — In Lead — A St. Petersburg woman took a one-half point lead over the remaining field of 10 of the nation's best women chess players competing in St. Petersburg in the U.S. Women's Chess Read More

June 30, 1972

  • Permanent Link Star-Phoenix Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 10 — Canadian Champion — Peter Biyiasas, 21, of Vancouver, is shown in Toronto following his win in the Canadian Open chess championships.

August 31, 1972

  • Permanent Link Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas Thursday, August 31, 1972 - Page 6 — Chess Master Takes On Multiple Challenges In Chicago — Chicago (AP) — More than 2,000 persons put up with near 90-degree heat in Civic Center Plaza here to match wits with masters from the Chicago Chess Club. Few were successful. The three Read More

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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