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Yank Chess Expert Tagged Poor Loser by Russians 26 Aug 1962, Sun Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) Newspapers.com
He Called Reds Cheaters
Yank Chess Expert Tagged Poor Loser by Russians
Moscow, Aug. 25 — Bobby Fischer, former United States chess champion, was accused here yesterday of slander in charging that the Russians had used collusive tactics in chess tournaments.
Replying to charges made by the 19-year-old grand master last week, the sports newspaper Sovetsky Sport said:
“IT IS WELL known that lies run on short legs. And on such legs it is hard to keep up with those who are ahead.”
Fischer made the collusion charges after the recently concluded Candidates Tournament in Curacao held to establish a challenger to meet Mikhail Botvinnik for the world's title next year.
FISCHER PLACED fourth in the tournament, which was won by Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union. Two other Soviet players, Paul Keres and Yefim Geller who were tied for second place, are now engaged in an eight-game play-off match here.
Alluding to Fischer's threat not to take part in any tournament sponsored by the International Chess federation, the Sovetsky Sport article said the Russians had long urged a change in the present arrangements for the world championship.
UNDER THE Soviet proposal the present Candidates tournament would be replaced by a series of matches between winners of interzonal competitions.
The newspaper article, signed by A. Prorvich, identified as an international chess referee, presented Fischer as a poor loser under the headline “Youngster From New York Bears as Grudge.”
