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Shelby Ion Chess0— Section 2Friday, August 3, 1973THE HERALDRobbv FischerJcontribution to the game can't be measuredSuccessin America may have itsironies: especially if your name is Bobby Fischer.Although a legend for more than a dec-command literally millions of dollars in income if he wishes. He can have his demands for playing conditions satisfied down to the last detail. He is the idol andsecond. Father William Lombardy, aptly covered according to observers, con- Such sketchy information as recent redescribed one aspect of his achievementwhen he observed while the match was in progress that, “This is the most ex-fesses to still being depressed by his own ports have been based on can furnish nodefeat in Reykjavik.more than a fleeting impression of limit-Bobbv only earned a moderate in- scapegoat of tens of millions of Ameri- citing chess played in a world champion- course. After all, he was the winner. Butbest _ r_______________tured continual conflicts with chess promoters and organizers. Once he for-cans who witnessed his escapades beforeand in Iceland and his relentless battering of Boris Spassky both off and on theship match since the days of Steinitz.” According to some newspaper accounts, Bobby is now withdrawn, depr-BOBBY’S SITUATION is different, of ed validity. Those who look for Fischerto withdraw completely from the chess world had best remind themselves thathis role was even more frencied; he wasperhaps even more subject to extremesof emotion and tension.he has refuted such predictions in thepast. He has always returned to chess toan important match over sched- board. His foibles, his future matches, essed and not on top of the latest devel- It is most unfortunate that Fischer ex- take up play at an even higher level, thehis refusal to garner a fortune (so far) opments in world chess. Is Fischer suf- cites such relentless curiosity. It seems phrase “Fischer Fear” refers not to Fis-uling disputes.He lost a chance to become work champion four years earlier than he die because of another quarrel over sched uling. He had bitter struggles tourna ment after tournament over playing con ditions. (His latter efforts have set high er standards for grandmaster touma ments and are appreciated by Fischer’: colleagues).are topics for articles, stories and gossip. fering a natural letdown after achieving he will always be in the public eye. He cher’s own fear of taking up the chessYet his essential accomplishment has his lifelong dream and raison d’etre? will undoubtedly be forced over and over gauntlet but to the psychological state ofnot been fully appreciated: his extraor- Bent Larsen, the Danish Grandmaster, again to relive some of the more sensa- his opponents when they face the terrifv-dinary performance at the chessboard in has suggested that Fischer is still affect- tional and unpleasant aspects of his past ing (to them) vitality and health, the su-Reykjavik. Although everyone knowsthat he defeated Spassky, few appreciatethe magnificence of his effort. Fischer’sed, perhaps irrevocably, by the strain ofthe events of last summer.Spassky himself, although visibly re-as well as have the slightest details of his private life subjected to scrutiny and inference.perhuman force that Bobby Fischer Presents at the chessboard.(copyright 1973 by Shelby Lyman)
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