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'setter's Adherence to Sabbath Recalls

If chess genius Bobby Fischer
has won no points for personality,
he has, without a doubt, earned
respect for his strict adherence to
hi; faith, IA hich forbids playing
the game from sundown Friday to
sundown Saturday.
Fischer, who has half Jewish
parentage. converted six or seven
years ago to the fundamentalist
Worldwide Church of God. It is
a blend of Old Testament Judaism
and New Testament Adventism.
including the imposition of Jewish
dietary laws and strict observance

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Yet, according to a story in
the New York Times. Fischer
was less than respectful of an-
other man's faith when. some
11 years ago—before his cons er•
sion to the church– h, refused to
adjourn a game on Friday eve.
ning for his Orthodox Jewish
BOBBY FISCHER
opponent.
That opponent was Samuel Re- panied him on tours throughout
shevsky, at one lime America's Europe.
leading player The game was
Shortly after the boy's arrival
adjourned anyway, without Fisch- in the U.S., (the only English
er's okay. word he knew was "check") a spe-
cial match was arranged at West
Point. In play simultaneously
against 20 cadets and faculty -
members, he won 19 and drew one

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SAMUEL RESHEVSKY

Up to one of his now familiar
tricks, Fischer failed to appear for
the scheduled resumption of the
game the followim2 Sunday morn-
ing. The game was declared a for-
feit
tin the grounds that the forfeit
was illegal. Fischer refused to
appear for the next game. The en-
tire match ultimately was forfeit-
ed, and Reshevsky was ruled the
winner.
(The Times points out that
Fischer's church considers games,
including chess, to be frivolous
and unworthy of the attention of
church members, which probably
is the reason for Fischer's refusal
to play on the Sabbath. He is said
to give 20 per cent of his income
to the Worldwide Church in ac-
cordance with the church's tith-
ing requirements )
The Reshevsky anecdote brings
to mind other facts about Fisch-
er's former opponent, who receiv-
ed his high school (Northern and
Central) and college (University
of Detroit) education here.
Reshevsky, who learned to play
chess at age 3 by watching his
father play at home, in Ozorkov,
Russia-Poland, held the U.S title
many times and played through-
out the world against some of the
best. He already had built up an
enviable reputation when at age
9 he arrived in the U.S in 1920.
It is said that when the German
army captured Ozorkov during
World War I. they found among
their captives a 4.year.old boy
named Samuel Rzeszewski, who,
they were told, was a chess wiz-
ard.
Samuel was ordered to play
against the best of the German
officers He did so well that he
was sent to Germany- to play in
special exhibitions. At the war's
conclusion, his parents accom-

Reshevsky owed his education
to a Chicago philanthropist, •
Julius Rosenwald. who played,
and lost, against the boy. When
Rosenwald learned Sammy had
never been to school, he arrang•
ed with Detroit publisher and
chess enthusiast Morris Stein-
berg to have the prodigy halt
his career and move to Detroit.
The family used at 4209 LaSalle.
Following graduation from Cen-
tral, to which he transferred from
Northern, Reshevsky took up ac-
counting at U. of D . Two years
later, he moved to the University
of Chicago.
Reshevsky played little chess in
Detroit. He did learn to play base-
ball and considered a number of
vocations, including law and He-
brew scholarship. Lie instead be.
came an accountant in Boston.
In 1933, he returned to chess
and a few years later made it his
professional career. Twenty-two '
years ago, he returned to Detroit
to give a simultaneous exhibition
against 40 local opponents.
Reshevsky always remained true
to his Orthodoxy, and refused to

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