ADayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Tuesday, November 09, 1971 - Page 18
Checkmate
Bobby Fischer's chess play is attracting attention in Russia.
Speculation has it that Fischer will give Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union a real contest for the world championship when the two meet in Moscow.
But naturally, the Soviets say they are not worried.
Meantime, somebody ought to be worried about Susan Solomon.
Susan, for those who haven't heard, is the 15-year-old high school junior who was dropped from her school's chess team by the Chicago board of education. It seems that there is a rule which makes women ineligible for interscholastic competition.
Susan has been checkmated — even though she knows how to play by the game rules. It's the extra man-made rules that often snag female ambition.
Really, rulesmakers. You can't say there is a locker room problem for a chess match.
