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Fails to elaborate on the finicky, overbearing demands and complaints of European organizers who refused for months to sort out details before match. Belgrade's illegal demand of 35K USD “guarantee” refused by USCF! Australia's legal $225K bid snubbed by Russia, threatening they “would not play”. USSR selecting Anti-American, Racist Iceland who restricted entry of blacks and news coverage. Schemes to disqualify Fischer and replace with Petrosian, et cetera etc.
Fair to disqualify Fischer for boycotting unfair organizers, who were breaking rules to favor the Soviets? I think not!
Cameras?
Robert Fischer Boycotts Second Match in Protest Against Men Hired to Disruptively Operate Cameras
“At 11:58 P.M., two minutes before the deadline Cramer, handed a formal written protest to Schmid.” - Paul Marshall on the formal protest during the second match which was illegally forfeited to the Soviets.
“instead of..video tape film that didn't make any noise they had guys with film cameras that were..all around..making a racket..and visually you could see them moving around.”- R.J. Fischer
“Under agreed rules of the match, [Fischer] had the right to object and to demand removal of the cameras if they disturbed him.” -Col. Ed Edmondson, US Chess Federation.
Chess by Isaac Kashdan 16 Jul 1972, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
