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Why Chess Is a Young Man’s Game!By HAROLD C. SCHONBE8G(Cl 1*06 N, Y. Tim IK Ntw# ••rvittNEW YORK - Bobby Fischer, the othei* day, gave a demonstration of why chess is a young man‘s gume.Ho arrived at the Marshall Chess club at 3 p.m., nodded curtlv to the referee, slipped into his seat and spent the next 7 hours and 14 minutes In t disciplined fiercely intellectual world of liis own — a world without speech, virtually without motion, lime and space suspended..He got himself into a nagging, exasperating, purely tactical kind of game with Bleazar Jlmbmz, the champion of Cuba. Playing the black pieces ngainst the Sae-misch attack, Bobby, the United Slates champion, worked out * tiny, tiny edge.For hours he bent every re yource to exploit it. At lftil4 p.m.* after Jimlnw had sealed his forty-first move, Bobby walked out of the Marshall Chess club, his face as expressionless *s ft had been when he walked in. The game was adjourned to 1ft •.rathe next day.Bobby walked, alone, around the block to the Fifth av hotel, where he was staying. But not to deep. He had to figure out the possibilities of the adjourned position. He did not wish to play for a draw, for he badly needed this win. He had literally him-1mIs of variations to prepare before 10 a.m. And he also was faced with a full game againsl i. new opponent, Johannes Donner ?f Holland, at 3 p.m.Thus in a period of 30 hours ie got at most three or four lours of sleep. That is why tour-lament chess Is a young man’s jame. Players have been known o drop IS pounds during the ,‘ourse of as long a tournament is the one in which Bobby is unehtly engaged,•liminez is not a well-known dnyer, and bis cable match with lobby attracted little attention, dost of the action of the seven lours took place in tee wire oom, where the Cuban gnvem-nt had set up teletype and lophonc facilities after the State jarlment had refused to give ibby a visa.William Slater, Bruce Altsdiu-i\ Barry Christopher and Joel ffie were in the room. Slater,, was In charge. He is one of i' governors of the Marshall iess club, and he shared the letype keyboard with the lft-ar-old Bruce. Larry, 17, did the srfcal work, entering the nota-ns of all the moves. Joel, 20,as the runner, bringing the oves of Jimlnez from the wire om to the room in which Bobby as playing. He would waft there ifil Bobby had made his move, id then he would run it back.Jimiaez had made Us liritmove promptly at S. Bobby glanced at the board when he cm. tend* immediately made • move and punched hia ride of thedouble-faced clock, itopprig Usand setting Jiminei* In motion. The referee — Sol Rubin, president of the MawhaJI Cheat dub — notated the move on a piece of paper and gave It to Joel, who ran It to the wire room.Larry holated ft on two score pads and Slater punched it out: “Blacks first move knight king bishop three. Time three one/1 Cuba repeated ft, followed by an O.K.Total time elapsed was about 2ft seconds.A man named Victor Kautz-mann Ib at the other end,” said Slater. He went to college in America. He fays the weather’s warm and sunny in Havana. He always says tee weather’s warm and sunny in Havana/’Two hours later, the pace of the game had slowed considerably, as it always does. Master players make the opening moves almost by rote; they are in well-analyzed sequences. After the tenth move or so, though, opening theory no longer serves, and the imagination of the player is brought into play.In hb room, Bobby was seatedin his usual position *— dose to the board, elbows on the table, hands circling his head. Once in a great while he would get tip, pace nervously and seat himself again. He had a bowl of fruit in front of Hmr and concentrated on a large bunch of grapes. It was dead quiet, and the only noise in the room came from the clocks and the air conditioner.In the main room, where a huge replica of the game was mounted on a board hung on the wall, six men, obviously strangers, sat without talking and stared at the position.Around t:30, Bobby ordered his dinner. He asked for his usual— a bowl of vegetable soup, a lettuce and tomato sandwich with pickle, and a glass of niflk,By then a new referee was in the room. David Hoffmann, vice-president of the American Chess federation, had relieved Rubin.The people in the wire room also oriered sandwiches. Slater told Cuba he was ordering dinnerSo are we,” Cuba said. We have a Chinese waiter. His name is Macon/'Wliiie Bobby ate, he never tortkhis eyes from the board. An hour later he was still staring. And an hour after that. And an hour after that. The same six viewers sat motionless in theA little More 3 p.m. Slater was exchanging chitchat with his opposite number in Havana, he suddenly let out a yell. The teletype had clattered the news teat Ratmir Cholmov of Russia had won from Borislav Kvkav of Yugoslavia.Wait’ll Bobby hears about this: Slater chortled. Ivkov was iri second place, Bobby third. If Bobby were to win his game, only half a point would separate them.What one flavor improves all other sweet flavors?Baker9* full-jtrength Pure Vanilla. Just a little does a lot for a surprising variety of other flavors: chocolate flavored foods, stewed and fresh fruits, spice cakes, gingerbreads. Great with children’s milk,too! Baker’s.Vanilla —pure, f ull-strength, versatile! Try it todayI€£ WtfihMcCORMICK-BAKERSftics a*lt;d ExfitactisMRIR iXTKACT COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MAS*.main room. Everything wu* still, and even the air felt heavy.When Bobby quietly slipped out, they aU got up and left. Slater remained behind to clear the teletype and confirm resumption of play at 10 the following morning. Then he and hte crew, without saying much, also walked out Into the Jilght.Free ferries operated in the North Carolina Slate Highway Department make frequent, 45-minute trips between Ocracoke and Halteriis, the next island up along the chain of Outer Banks.FAMILY CEVERYTHING FI:MONEY-BACK GWith or without stir rups, Black, royal loden, cranberry anr s. brown. Sizes 8 to 18,100% VINYL EMBO Winrlaw Sifts
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Nashua Telegraph
Nashua, New Hampshire, US
Wed, Sep 29, 1965
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