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TV Coverage Not Ignoring ChessB\ JAY SHARBLTT W Television WriterNKW YORK AP - Broad-asting’s coverage of sporting events has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. But c hess is ignomi because it neither leaps nor bounds. It ijst sits there- and moves now and thenBut a guy named Frank Brad\ i.- trying to fill this gap for a while On national radio, no less He's been reporting and analyzing the moves in four major chess matches for two weeks now.The winner in the finalsplays Bobby Fischer for the world title next year. Themost prominent match this week, occurring in PuertoRico, is between Russia’s Boris Spassky and Robert Byrne of the United States.wBut chess fans needn’t frantically dial around for Brady’s play-by-play report Oiere isn't anv, and thankW Y Theavens.Brack, who estimates the *’ ■board bouts average five hours a game, only comes on for 5 to 10 minutes, Tuesdays and Fridays, on the National Public Radio system linking 167 stations in most of the United States.So what he'll do is summarize each match, try to give the essence of what went on and perhaps interview one or two chess experts on what went wrong or may happen in a given game An international arbiter of the World Chess Federation and author of books on Fischer and chess strategy, Brady said he’d given the most coverage this week to the big Spassky-Byrne match It's not his first fling at chess broadcasting Two summers ago, he went to Iceland to report on the famous Spassky-Fischer duels bphone for three California radio stations, plus a public TV show that made a briefGary Marks Assumes Administration Duties At Marks-English HospitalGary Marks, son of Dr. and Mrs. Roger K. Marks of Glen Rose has taken over duties of Administrator of the Marks-GlenFnglish Hosptial inRose.A 1967 graduate of Glen Rose High School, he received his Bachelor of Science De- Hospital,gree at Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth and was awarded his Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio. He served his administration residency at Dallas Countystar out of New York chess champ Shelln Lyman However, he isri t at the Spassky-Byrne match. So how does he cover it?What I’ve been doing for the most part is going to Manhattan,” said Brady, 39, a resident of Moorestown, N.J.At the Marshall Chess Club, in New York, they get the moves, move bv move, by* ^ ~ ** T w :open telephone line from San Juan.And I’ve been going there everv Monday, Wednesda\• ■ * y ■ ■ w, .f »and Friday and sitting there, analyzing the game as they go along, interviewing people, getting comments and trying to put it all together for a five-minute show.”Does he think his descriptions of the games would lx* intelligible to listeners withonlv a hazv idea of chess?•Oh, yes.” he said. They may not specifically know what I’m talking about, for example, when I start talking about Sicilian defenses’ or% % %Ru^Lopez.This* is true However, heemphasized, I try to make it as simple as possible because I'rn not trying to appeal to the die-hard chess player, but to persons who just know the : moves.”NPR savs Bradv’s chess reports, to continue until the playoff matches end, appear at the end of NPR’s regular All Things Considered” program, which most stations carry from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
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Fri, Jan 25, 1974
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