September 1972

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September 01, 1972

• The Daily Reporter Dover, Ohio Friday, September 01, 1972 - Page 1 — Bobby Fischer world chess king —Reykjavik, Iceland (AP)— American challenger Bobby Fischer won the world chess championship today when Boris Spassky of Russia telephoned his resignation in the 21st game, which had been adjourned overnight. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, said Spassky had telephoned Lothar Schmid, match referee, shortly before the game was to resume with Spassky in a probable losing position.
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• Redlands Daily Facts Redlands, California Friday, September 01, 1972 - Page 1 — Spassky Resigns: Bobby Fischer Wins Chess Championship — Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI)—Bobby Fischer today fulfilled his childhood dream and became the first American world chess champion winning the title on a telephoned resignation from Russia's Boris Spassky in the 21st game.
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• Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa City, Iowa Friday, September 01, 1972 - Page 1 and 2-A — Bobby Fischer Wins World Chess Crown —Reykjavik, Iceland (AP)—American challenger Bobby Fischer won the world chess championship today when Boris Spassky of Russia telephoned his resignation in the 21st game, which had been adjourned overnight.
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September 02, 1972

• The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Saturday, September 02, 1972 - Page 9 — Lombardy Says Fischer Not Yet at Peak Form —Reykjavik (AP) — Bobby Fischer's chief chess adviser during the title match with Boris Spassky says Fischer won't reach the peak of his powers for several years. Grandmaster William Lombardy of New York, a Roman Catholic priest, suggested in an interview that Fischer might remain world champion for a long time.
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• The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Saturday, September 02, 1972 - Page 9 — Fischer Wins Chess Title As Spassky Resigns 21st Game —By Julie Flint, Reykjavik, Iceland (AP)—Bobby Fischer won the world chess championship Friday without moving a pawn. He became America's first world titleholder when Boris Spassky resigned by telephone in the 21st game, his position analyzed as hopeless.
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September 03, 1972

• The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Sunday, September 03, 1972 - Page 1 — Undaunted Spassky Moves For Rematch, Scoffs at Defection —The Associated Press, Reykjavik — Boris Spassky wants to play Bobby Fischer again for the world chess championship and feels sure he can beat him. The Russian denied a Reykjavik newspaper story that he is planning to defect to the West.
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• The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Sunday, September 03, 1972 - Page 1 — Hometown Honors — New York City offers its congratulations to new chess champion, Bobby Fischer, with banner across West 72nd Street.

• The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Sunday, September 03, 1972 - Page 1 — Many Experts Say Game 13 Blunder Was Turning Point. For Spassky, 13 Proved to be a Fatal Number —From the Record Wire Services, Reykjavik — A blunder that cost Boris Spassky the 13th game against Bobby Fischer will go down in chess history as the pivot point of the 1972 world championship, many grand masters believe.
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September 04, 1972

• Santa Maria Times Santa Maria, California Monday, September 04, 1972 - Page 1 — Champ Honored — America's newest hero, more famous than even Olympian Mark Spitz, new world chess champion Bobby Fischer is honored with a red, white and blue banner stretched high across West 72nd Street in New York City. Fischer won the world chess championship from Russia's Boris Spassky. (UPI)
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• Santa Maria Times Santa Maria, California Monday, September 04, 1972 - Page 1 — Still Griping – Success Can't Spoil Fischer — Reykjavik (UPI) — Has success spoiled Bobby Fischer? Apparently not — Fischer turned up 53 minutes late at official closing ceremonies for his world chess championship, remarked how small his winner's gold medal was, asked for his money and sat down to play some more chess with the man he beat for the title.
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September 11, 1972

• New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, September 11, 1972 - Page 28 — New Wealth Expected to Foster Big Shift in Fischer's Life-Style —Bobby Fischer is planning to change his life-style substantially now that he is the world chess champion, Life magazine says in its issue out today. An article entitled “Can This Be Bobby Fischer?” predicts that the heretofore unpredictable 29-year-old champion will buy an expensive car and a house in California with his new-found wealth, and will begin “a social life that includes women.”
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September 18, 1972

• Green Bay Press-Gazette Green Bay, Wisconsin Monday, September 18, 1972 - Page 1 — The Champ Returns — World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer arrives from Iceland at New York's Kennedy Airport Sunday. ‘It's Great To Be Back’ New York (AP) — World chess champion Bobby Fischer has returned from Iceland, stating, “it's great to be back in America.”
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• News-Journal Mansfield, Ohio Monday, September 18, 1972 - Page 1 — Chess Champ Glad to Be Back — World chess champion Bobby Fischer manages a big smile as he walks from a plane to a waiting limousine following his arrival at New York's Kennedy Airport from Iceland. (UPI Photo). — Relaxed, Happy Fischer Flies Home from Iceland by Edward P. Butler, New York (UPI) — Bobby Fischer, first American to win the world chess championship, flew home Sunday night from Iceland looking rested and happy.
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December 17, 1972

• The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, December 17, 1972 - Page 14 — Chess Cheating — Rio De Janeiro (AP) — Brazil's young international chess grand master, Henrique Mecking, charged that former world champion Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union won a recent tournament using “dirty tricks,” such as jiggling the chessboard with his elbows and clinking a spoon.
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