Fischer is discounted
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) EAST BERLIN.
The American, R. K. Fischer, is not likely to fulfil his pledge to surpass a German player who was world chess champion for 27 years, says an expert in East Berlin.
The man who held the championship for nearly three decades, at the turn of the century was E. Lasker. But the grand master, W. Uhlmann, writing in the East German magazine, “Neue Berliner Illustrierte,” said he thought Fischer, who beat the defending champion, B. Spassky, of Russia, in Reykjavik, did not have the balanced personality needed to defend the title for such a long period. The fast pace of modem life, he said, made it very difficult to sustain form for a long period. The East German grand master praised Fischer’s chess talent, but added that the American did not match the standard of former world champions from the human point of view. “Never before in the history of chess has a world champion achieved such a sorry reputation through scandals, undisciplined behaviour and even non-appear-ance."
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33058, 27 October 1972, Page 24
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