The Pantagraph Bloomington, Illinois Friday, July 30, 1971 - Page 4
Rough Year For The Russians Wed, Jul 28, 1971 – Page 4 · The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) · Newspapers.com
Fischer's Wins Making Chess History
Editor, The Pantagraph:
I found the Mauldin cartoon on the editorial page July 28 very interesting. It was one comparing the moves of President Nixon and Bobby Fischer.
It was of particular interest because the Pantagraph has failed to give any coverage (save one small paragraph in a larger feature) of either of Fischer's two recent impressive match wins over Taimanov or Larsen.
The only readers aware of the meaning of the cartoon were probably the chess players that have kept up with the matches from other news sources. (The Bloomington-Normal area has one of the highest per capita number of active chess players in the United States.)
Fischer's clear 6-0 match wins over Grandmasters Taimanov and Larsen are unparalleled in chess history. Couple that with his six straight wins against other grandmasters in the Interzonal tournament and Fischer has achieved a place in chess history alongside Morphy and Lasker.
We sincerely hope the match between Fischer and the other finalist (probably Petrosian of Russia) will be covered by the Pantagraph. Hopefully you would continue coverage through the world championship match against Spassky, current world champion and resident of Russia. These matches are tentatively scheduled for this fall and next spring.
Garrett Scott, President, Twin City Chess Club, Director, United States Chess Federation 828 W. Oakland.
