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29,1974What has Karpov got besideschampionship chess styleBy JOSEPH MILL BROWN Copley News ServiceThe worst thing about Anatoly Karpov’s defeat of Boris Spassky, in Leningrad recent ly is that he put into temporary eclipse a personage who has contributed to the chess world more than his share of . color and personality.The 22-year-old Karpov — small, slender, handsome, but with a staid playing style — is certain to be favored over vet-' eran Victor Korchnoi in the Candidates Final, in September, and thus fated to face Bobby Fischer in 1975. The big question, however, is: What does he have to offer besides a knack for winning?Chess must be careful , It ipent loo many years Before FWher living down its reputation as a sport for somnambulists, The truth, any devotee knows, is that the game oczes strong personalities and colorful tife-sytles.(A former Chicago Tribune columnist, Ed Kemeny, gave up the excitement of the chess world to settle down as a press agent for Buffalo Bill in Budapest, Hungary! His contemporary, Willard Ftske, was an explorer, a journalist, and a ComeU University professor, but whose proudest years were spent as coeditor, with Paul Morphy, of the prestigious “American Chess Monthly.” In Egypt his fame inspired an outburst from an obviously passionate chessplayer; “After Allah — Mr, Fiske!,r)During the 1924 New York International, Saviely Tarta-kower — cbessmaster, freedom fighter, author, lawyer and wit — went to the Central Park Zoo for a glimpse of one of the monsters. The next day, against Gesa Maroezy of Hungary, he opened with 1 P-QN4,and promptly named the system “orang-outang,” da lining it resembled the beast's method of killing by encirclement.Another winner was Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, whose books, years after his death, are best sellers. (With a catchy name like Znosko-Bo rovsky, how could he miss?) In the 1920s his pictures revealed a fierce, handsome face* high cheekbones, pasted-down hair — a Slavonic Rudolph Valentino.. After watching his amiable comportment, a gentle Englishwoman sighed rellevedly, “He isn't a bit like his name.”If Anatoly Karpov decides to marry, he could do much for the newfound chess tradition of color and spectacle by emulating the happening which preceded the third round of the American Open, at Santa Monica, Calif. It starred the prearranged wedding of chessplayers Danny Krystal! and Mareie Grant.The bride and groom, their flower girls and bridesmaids, were greeted with a wedding march played on piano and flute. The honeymoon was spent at the chessboards, where the leading lady and her new husband played their scheduled games. Neither gave the tournament winner cause for anxiety, but the bride did set some kind of rec-crd by starting the tournament with one name and finishing it with another.KUAC -TVIf Spassky survived Bobby Fischer and Guevara, he will undoubtedly survive Anatoly Karpov — and be less grim about it now that he no longer has to be the Soviet Union’s standard bearer. He will also personify the truth of A.E, Housman’s compassionate lyric: “Smart lad, ta slip betimes away, ... From fields where glory does not stay.... And early though the laurel grows. ... It withers quicker than the rose,”AMERICAN OPEN- wnSanta Monica, Calil. Larry Evans (Reno, Nev.)1.2.3.4.5.6.7,8. 9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20. 21. 22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.JimTarjan (Sherman Oaks, Calil.) SICILIAN DEFENSE P-K4 P-QB4N-KB3 P-Q3P-Q4 PxPNxP N-KB3N-QB3 P-KN3B-K3 B-N2P-B3 N-B3Q-Q2 0-0B-QB4 8-Q2P-KR4 jR-BlB-N3 N-K4P-R5 NxRPP-N4 N-KB3B-R6 BxBQxB RxNPxR Q-R4CKW) QxBPK-Nl R-BlQ-Bl P-QR4P-N5 N-R4P-R3 Q-B4Q-N2 R-RlKR-B1 P-R5B-R2 R-R3P-KB4 N-N5P-B5 N-K4PxP RPxPK-Bl R-N3Q-Rl B-N5QR-K1 N-QB5BxN QxNPehResignsWhat’s Inside the “Little Store’’• Teas• Spices• Cards• Crystal• Slationari/and much moreHours: 11 to 7. Mon.-Sot.f-rUJy*r*'
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
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Sat, Jun 29, 1974
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