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Chess Sun, Mar 26, 1972 – Page 37 · Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, West Virginia) · Newspapers.com
The firm stand of FIDE president, Dr. Max Euwe, concerning the Fischer-Spassky world championship chess match has been vindicated. Both Spassky and Fischer have accepted the joint Belgrade-Reykjavik sites — the first 12 games to be played in Yugoslavia and the remaining contests in Iceland. The match is to start around June 25.
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Dr. Reuben Fine has been “prodded” into writing another chess book. (The Final Candidates Match, Buenos Aires, 1972, Fischer vs. Petrosian. The Hostel Chess Association, Jackson, Wyoming. Paperback, $2.95) Although no longer active as a chess player or a chess writer, Dr. Fine achieved a high position in both fields before turning to psychiatry. The notes and comments to the nine games of the match make this little book a worth-while addition to one's chess library.
Dr. Fine referred to the seventh game as “The Jewel of Buenos Aires”. However, we especially liked this comment after Petrosian's 33rd move in game six: “It seems as though Petrosian here was again temporizing for an adjournment … and relying on his seconds … to come up with necessary analysis while he slept … Fischer's second, Larry Evans … went home, complaining that he had nothing to do.
