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December 12, 1971 Courier Journal The King's Men by Merrill Dowden

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The King's MenThe King's Men Sun, Dec 12, 1971 – Page 66 · The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) · Newspapers.com

The King's Men: Spassky Sparkles in Game Against Fischer at Siegen by Merrill Dowden
What are Bobby Fischer's chances to dethrone the Soviet grandmaster, Boris Spassky, in their world championship match next spring?
Well, let's face it. Fischer will have the toughest sledding of his brilliant career. These two giants of the chessboard have met before, with the lion's share of victories going to the Russian.
In spite of it all, I see Fischer as the next world champion, and I believe most observers will agree. Why? Because Fischer's record since he returned to the tournament wars has been simply unbelievable. His string of victories leading up to the match with Spassky is without precedent. He appears now to have reached the peak of his powers, and to be all but unbeatable.
Spassky lost his first title match with Tigran Petrosian, and barely managed to win the second match in 1969. Fischer, on the other hand, beat Petrosian unmercifully in the Candidates' Matches, winning the last four games in a row.
This is not to put Spassky down. In his drive toward the title he beat Keres, Geller, Tal, Korchnoi and Larsen, grandmasters all, and then, of course, Petrosian.
In view of the tremendous interest building up in the forthcoming match, I am presenting today a game played between Spassky and Fischer at Siegen last year. Fischer, never content to draw, lost the game when he daringly became too aggressive. He is not likely to repeat that mistake.

Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer
Siegen ol (Men) fin-A (1970), Siegen FRG, rd 6, Sep-20
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Classical Variation (D86) 1-0
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044698
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 d5
4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. e4 Nxc3
6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 Nc6
9. Be3 O-O(a)
10. O-O Qc7
11. Rc1 Rd8
12. h3 b6
13. f4 e6
14. Qe1 Na5
15. Bd3 f5
16. g4 fxe4
17. Bxe4 Bb7
18. Ng3 Nc4
19. Bxb7 Qxb7
20. Bf2 Qc6
21. Qe2 cxd4
22. cxd4 b5
23. Ne4 Bxd4
24. Ng5 Bxf2+
25. Rxf2 Rd6
26. Re1 Qb6
27. Ne4 Rd4
28. Nf6+ Kh8
29. Qxe6 Rd6
30. Qe4 Rf8
31. g5 Rd2
32. Rf1 Qc7
33. Rxd2 Nxd2
34. Qd4 Rd8(b)
35. Nd5+ Kg8
36. Rf2 Nc4
37. Re2 Rd6
38. Re8+ Kf7
39. Rf8+ 1-0(c)

(a) 9 … PxP, 10. PxP Q-R4 leads nowhere. In fact, it helps White to develop his Bishop to Q2 and later to Q-B3.
(b) Necessary, else 35. N-K8 follows.
(c) Black has nothing left. If 39. … KxR, he loses the Queen to 40. Q-R8ch.

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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