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Fischer-Karpov match ready to goW i mifK It arnnv hflramp n IVLOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly four years after Bobby Fischer went into seclusion with his world chess championship, the erratic but brilliant gamesman has surfaced with his attempt to win back the title he lost when he refused to defend it.Fischer has stayed somewhat active, friends still plays tennis and swims to stay fit, still has mous appetite, still listens to rock music into hours of the morning and still prefers to play hisa tinv pocket set.say. Hean enor-the wee chess on _____ Karpov becamehad remained close to home, but in recent weeks has traveled to Spain and then to the Philippines to try to set up the match, which sources have said would guarantee $5million in prizes.Fischer hasn’t been idle these pa has shunned all forms of publicity, I serious chess and his life has been a unpretentious clothes, simple foodshis friends.His latest excitement, however, may put him back on the trail he once was on Fischer is reportedly all set to play the Soviet Union’s Anatoly Karpov for the world title that Kamov was awarded two years ago-’.A?*'-The match, completely unofficial, is scheduled for Manila in the Philippines early next year, and only Fischers latest demand about a rules scoring change, which the Soviets refused to accept, is holding things upt*..co been training with anyone, said a source close to Fischer, “but he has a lot of old books and I presume he is studying. He wants this match with Karpov vorv mimh and hp’s willing to do almost anything to getitEarlier this year, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas offered Fischer $250,000 to play a “speed tournament against six of the world’s strongest players In a speed tournament each player must make all of his moves in each game within five minutesh chess is consi »d his dominancehampionship in 11 don’t think Fischer was really ready to play that kind of chess. said a source close to the negotiations i reminded him he hadn t played in some timesaid. Don’t worry about thatThe match in Las Vegas fell through, however, when Fischer — as expected - demanded $1 millionPhoto by Associated PressBobby Fischer,Just one year ago, Fischer got involved in a legal dispute when he filed suit in U S District Court here against Brad Darrach, a journalist who wrote an unauthorizedibiography of him.Darrach was in Iceland in 1972 when Fischer wrestled the title from Boris Spassky, and shortly thereafter released his book “Bobby Fischer Vs. The Rest ol the World. Fischer claimed in his suit that the book contains•misquotations and errors.The suit has not come to trial yet, and his friends(declined to discuss Fischer at all because of it.RELAXED CHESSMANformer world champion chess player, relaxes at a press conference in Manila recently following his arrival in Manila He told newsmen he wouldjt negotia with Sovieworld champion Anatoly Karpov.Ather Fischer surpriseHis secretary has been instructed for years not to talk with newsmen and his friends, members of the Fundamentalist Church of God are also reluctant to sayFischer, who became America's youngest U.S. chess •champion at age 14 in 1958, has had periods of hibernation, •and one such came in 1968 and 1969 when he rarely playedand when he did, frequently lost.When he set his mind on the world title in early 1970 he came back with an unbelievable amount of energy, scoring smashing triumphs in tournaments at Zagred, Yugoslavia. Buenos Aires, Siegen, W Germany in the Chess Olympiad, and then his overpowering conquest of the world s 23 top players m the interzonal tournament atI’alma de Mallorca That put him into the candidates tournament for the right to meet Spassky and he proceeded to whip Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union, Bent Larsen of Sweden andTigran Petrosian of the i game out of the 21 playedAgain Bobby Fischer hassurprised everyone with a series of unexpected moves.It all began in July when World Champion Anatoly Karpov publicly expressed his willingness to play a non-title match Few thought Fischer would respond, but now apparently a match is imminentThe two titans of chess met a number of times in three different countries including Japan, Spain, and Sweden All major details have been settled except for the match's starting date, which is probably infive to eight months. The playing site is Manila.It appears that the eventwill consist of 30-plus games, played for a total purse of 3.5 to 5 million dollars. According to one report, Karpov will resign his world title if he loses.31 P-N4P-N3Q5PxPSOLVEIT33 R-QN534 RxPlt;4) 35, R-N5 36 R-Q5R-B3P-Q4P-Q5R-Q3ResignsP*BSPASSKYao no ao o x ex nm axKarpov earned tin* right to meet Fischer lor the tit tout when Fischer demanded a rules scoring change, tl-international federation that rules the games declared forfeit and ordered the title go to Karpov without a ganbeing playedBEGINNERSkantohHO NO 80 O X 8X NX axFischer beat Karpov, everyone Karpov is just a paper Uger, sischer’s life in nearby Pasadena has been need since he returned in glory in 1972.lie made some television appearanc es after w inning the title but a number of journalists and television hosts failed to understand his meaning a number of times and fie felt he was being mocked instead ol cheered and so dropped out of public viewSpassky's Moment of GloryBoris Spassky showed a brief flash of his best form in the 16th round of the Manila Interzonal Tournament against tournament winner Henrique Mecking, In the position below (SOLVE-IT), Spassky won material by first sacrificing a pawn with 20 . . .P-K5! 21 NxP, NxN ;22 Bxn, and then piling up on the awkwardly placed white pieces on the king 1 i ieSolution to BEGIN-lER'S CORNER White sacs his bishop with i.B N5ch'. The move 1 . . . KxB allows 2 Q-R4 mate! White 1 . . K-K3 is met by2 t)-K7 also mate.POMONA(5tt“QN QB 0 * KB KN KRmeckingHEALTH FOODS162* Indian Hill BlvdMOVE IBins S, oftM*t 40am# ncof#)Spassky then won ini V MANAlthough he had never been a member of the Chuch ol od, he had been a virtual ex-officio member by virtue of s close relations with other church members and of Ciali. His personal adviser is a respected member of theWMIY1 MATKS IN »(Solution twtowllliotExplanationanother Piece’*Ur ' »short orderMeckingSpassky20t ... • - • VP-K521NxPNxN22BxNQ-K223Q-B3R-Kl24R-Q4P-B425BxPQxB26B-KffchRxB27PxHQxQ28PxQNxP29RlHi-QlNxR30RxNR-BlBARS STOOLS101 I. MOLT POMONADINETTE CENTER• CAME SETSPATIO - OUTDOOR0#**N Q AIL Y 10 10 , Ml IN »;0C a m
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Sat, Oct 02, 1976
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