AThe Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Wednesday, January 08, 1975 - Page 5
Court Summons Chess Champion
New York, N.Y. (AP)—World chess champion Bobby Fischer has been ordered to appear in court in connection with a $3.2-million suit alleging that he reneged on a deal to allow filming of the 1972 world chess championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Fischer, 31, is being sued by film maker Chester Fox, who claims that Fischer had agreed to let him film the match in which Fischer won the world chess title from Russian Boris Spassky. Fischer has ignored similar court orders in the case.
Did Fischer make any such agreements with Chester Fox? Chester Fox conspired with the Icelandic Chess Federation, whom sold broadcast rights to Chester Fox, without Bobby Fischer being made aware of the conditions, as is stated in the following media report:
The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, May 06, 1972 ★
“A spokesman for Fischer said Friday that he would play ‘under conditions of the Icelandic bid, as yet unseen by him, and in accordance with such rules as have been laid down by FIDE (International Chess Federation) as yet not clarified to him.’”These are the ruthless system of rules the Soviets played by, off the chessboard. Keep opponents so tied up in red tape, bureaucracy, hassle and distraction, they would have no time for honest competition. The history of Soviet cheating is well documented and testified to, not only by outside observers, but former Soviet players themselves.
