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Fischer forfeits second game in World Championship match
International chess conflict widens as Bobby Fischer refuses to play game two with world champion Boris Spassky in Reykjavik. He remained in his hotel room amid camera protests, leaving the score 2–0 for Spassky as organizers consider possible disqualification and the match proceeds Sunday.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Chester Fox
Fischer
Fox
Lothar Schmid
Schmid
International Chess Federation
Russia
Palace
Richard Steineen Fischer
Stein
Fred Cramer
Sports Palace
Richard Stein
U.S. Chess Federation
Gudmundur Thorarinsson
Icelandic
Chess Federation
William Lombardy
Cramer
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
James Slater
Britain
Icelandic Chess Federation