AThe Evening Sun Baltimore, Maryland Wednesday, October 27, 1971 - Page 26
The American Style
The United States, unable to impose its will upon member after fellow-member of the United Nations, is low in international prestige? Not so—Bobby Fischer is from the United States. The Americans, retreating into economic nationalism, are no longer noted for verve, and daring, and the attack-attack-attack instinct? On the contrary, with young Mr. Fischer as its foremost exponent, the American style—in chess, at least—is to destroy the opposition and to win, now.
To the throngs in Buenos Aires, where the latest elimination tournament's finale has now produced the first American ever for the challenge round in chess's world championship, rooks and knights seemed to matter more than armies and missiles. Next spring, when Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky sit down across a board from each other, it is quite likely that Americans will work up more interest in the thinking person's game than ever happened heretofore in this nation's history. While Mr. Fischer relaxes from the strenuous match play so far, while he plans yet new aggressions and still further audacities, Americans can await the oncoming High Noon with genuine self-esteem.
