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m * . |. $ my* ms * .H i - . %t, Cv»! v.iER 17, IT',im. « »* * tIn*at-* m # wrnrn^:vLOS ANGELES (AP) Despite numerous reports that world chess champion Bobby Fischer won’tdefend his title next year, a biographer of the eccen trie chess master says Fischer will playBrad Darrach, who says he s one of the few people to know what Fischer has been doing the past two years, says Fischer’s enor mous ego, his desire for money and his hatred of the Russians will provide the sparks needed to put Fischer back into action “The threat of Anatoly Karpov (a soviet chess master) is too important to dismiss as just a passingannoyance, said Darrach,who says he saw Fischer, 31, just a few weeks ago in suburban Pasadena, living a spartan life.“Karpov is the main reason Fischer will play for the title again He can’t afford not to because his ego is at stake,” Darrach saidLast June, Fischer resig ned his title and said hewouldn’t participate in theworld * championship tournament next February. Hetold the International Chess Federation that heObjected to its 36 gamelimit to determine the world champion in 1975. The limit includes games that end in a draw.Fischer does not wantany limit put on the number of games to be played, nor does he want draws tobe counted Some of Fischer's friends say his refusal to defend his title is merely a bluff, reminiscent of his behavior in the on-again, off again match with Russia’s Boris Spassky two years ago in Reyk javik, Iceland Fischer argued about the amount of money he was to receiveand complained about playing conditions Fischer is the second American ever to hold the title, which must be con tested every three years. The first was Alexander Alekhin in 1937.Darrach quoted Fischeras saying: “III destroy him. when talking about Karpov, the 23 year-old Soviet phenomenon, who is leading countryman Viktor Korchnoi in a match that will decide the challenger to Fischer.“Bobby made $156,000 for winning the title at Reykjavik, Darrach said, “and not a penny after that because of his strangeways“He refused to get into any ventures because he didn’t trust people — and his attorney says he could have made as much as $10million in two years.chessThe title match, presumably with the spectacular Karpov, might be the most exciting sportingevent in history this timearound,” said Darrach. who recently completed a book about Fischer called “Bobby Fischer vs. The Rest of the World Fischer’s erratic and suspicious nature caused Darrach’s friendship to be strained when Bobby found out a book was being written about him.“Seven countries have offered to hold the match and two of them have said they would guarantee a minimum of $1 million for the purse.” said Darrach “The Shah of Iran has also expressed an interest and the reported figure for the match, if he could hold it near Teheran, would be $5 million.Fischer dropped out of public sight after the 1972 title match victory, and Darrach said “Bobby had heard of the (fundamen talist) Worldwide Church of God on their television shows so he visited their headquarters in Pasadena.“He liked it so much he told the founder. Herbert W. Armstrong, that he wanted to give the church $31,000“But he has never become a church member.He is what is known as a co-worker of the church“For the last two years he's been living in a three-bedroom apartment owned by the church His door is guarded by a chur ch member, his window shades are always drawnclosed and he looks quite pale.“He hasn't been working out like he used to — no tennis or paddle ball or swimming, and manypeople who have seen him, even the church members who see him all the time, feel he won’t defend his title.“But I’m sure he will.“Bobby is just saving up his energy for another tremendous outburst, like the one at Reykjavik,“He’s getting very antsy, Darrach said “There was a period when he was dating girls, and that's all he thought about.“Chess wasn’t a part of his life at all. But a few months ago, when he sat down to write his demands for next year's title match, he started smelling battle again And when he sniffs that in the wind he knows he has to respondDarrach said that about five months ago, Fischer began to hunger for chess again, but unlike other masters, he doesn’t play the game to stay in shape♦ *“He has always respon ded well to big challenges, and Karpov presents the biggest challenge in a longtime.“He studies and he calls his friends His phone bill is enormous He calls Ken Smith in Dallas, Fred Cramer in Milwaukee, Larry Evans in Reno and even Svetozar Gligorich in Yugoslavia, to hear thelatest chess gossip and to get copies of books on new analyses of the game His physical condition, however, may betray him, Darrach said.“He looks very sallow and pale,” the author said “And Karpov is young, younger than anyone Fischer has ever faced in an important match.Fischer won 21 con secutive championship series games in 1970t Iand 1971 for an all time record against top competition, but Darrach said that Karpov has won more prestigious international events than Fischer did at a comparable age.“Yes, Fischer lives in darkness and seclusion and doesn’t appear on the surface to be a world champion But he’ll be back very soon The championship match will be a spectacular affair.ink***.-Now.• •3 Ways toCharge-ltot K mart§**»• A****THURS.,K MART'S ADVERTISED MERCHANDISE POLICYFRI.,Ob* tom ««•*lt;•* « l«Ml WMll M •»Black EnamelSAT.«N» ft mm* * *•lt;* (.torn* mm m»mm **•ft* •***• **••**#.*• *• ft*Eftwft#wf r fft* i*«* •*«•Wft*»»*»*• y«M» • »WM1 —•*»**•«•«*«« • «•***•* «ft«* .**ft,f »,*M M* *»•*.* ’to* fNMrtf « MfM **• *«*«•«MW*»» •*•««S S KftESGt COOPEN DAILY 10 10: SUNDAY 12 7ELECTRICWALL UNITOur Rag. 99.38\*i * ■■MUg* 4V * x--- ,• ' '\* ' • J1i*I ht* ■*H *. ?*. ji . *i * ■V ■ f ** * *i3 DaysSteel unit has thermostatically con-WatherElectric Dryer$168
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Anderson Herald Bulletin
Anderson, Indiana, US
Thu, Oct 17, 1974
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