AThe Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Friday, October 22, 1971 - Page 4
CheckmateIf there is one thing the Russians are really good at, it's chess. They've dominated international tournaments in this most intellectually challenging of games since World War II.
American has had its grand masters, but compared with Russians they have been something less than grand.
Until Bobby Fischer, the chess genius from Brooklyn, entered the scene, that is. “Genius” is a word took often and too easily tossed around. Not in Fischer's case. A young man, he has already built up a reputation as one of the outstanding players in the history of the game. Now Fischer has taken a commanding lead over Russia's great Tigran Petrosian in a play-off series. Hooray for our side. We may not be much at Ping Pong in China, but it looks as if we are about to checkmate the Russians in Chess.
