Thursday; September 4, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Sevel Thursday, September 4, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Sevet Daring duo cracks world chess record By PAULINE LUBENS local chess player. He and Sue After a grueling 87 hours, 33 Franklin, Women's State Chess minute stretch from chess game Champion, acted as promoters to chess game, Bob Beinish and of the event. Steve Feldman brought another THEvFINAL lopsided score mark of distinction to Ann Ar- was 542 games for Feldman, a bor by setting the new Guinness seven-time State Junior Chess World Record for marathon Champion, and a mere 70 for "speed" chess. I Beinish. The four-day event developed Amid champagne bottles pop into more of a festival than a ping, whistles and cheers, themathn two chess men ushered in the marathon. morning of Monday, February 9 As co-promoter Sue Franklin by breaking the existing 87 hour, put it, "It was like a chess 3 minute record. Woodstock." The marathon, held in David's There were a slew of enter- Books, 529 E. Liberty, was the tainers, jokers, babblers and brainchild of Joe Fucini, an avid babysitters drawn in with the 'Jaws' attracts- record crowds (Continued from Page 3) where in the theater and hear theater drops its regular $2.50 someone whispering to a friend, ticket price to a buck, seemed "Get ready for this next scene, almost as dangerous as jumping it's really good." in the ocean next to the 25-foot- W longshark featured in the film. . WiHY DO people keep return- "Those Wednesday afternoon gto a movie whichhas plot prices were a mistake" com- that can be recounted in 30 mented Worden, "becausecthe seconds? Worden theorized, "I crodsareunearbl thn. guess it's because people enjoy being scared . . - I can tell BUT UNBEARABLE or not, where the movie is at just by the Butterfield Theater chain the screaming or cheers from plans to draw customers in for the audience." 15 weeks, ending the record-long Apparently some people do run sometime this month. like to have their hair stand on This should not prove too end, which Jaws certainly does. tough, as many of the terror- One little boy, when asked by starved people seeing Jaws re- his mother if he liked the movie, turn for a second and third responded, "I hated it." How- time. ever, as he stepped into the After only one week of show- street, asked her, "When can ing Jaws, one could sit any- we go again?" lunch-hour crowds who stopped by' the book store to check the deterioration of the endurance heroes. WHILE RADIO journalists fired questions at Beinish, two other chess enthusiasts would be trying their own skill at "speed" chess. Most important, though, were the unsung heroes who cheered the players from the sidelines and braved the icy weather in search of sandwiches, drinks and other delights the players requested. Those were the folks Beinish and Feldman referred to affec- tionately as "the babysitters," led by co-promoters Franklin and Fucini. THE STORE was also open 24 hours to liven the atmosphere and encourage interested spec- tators. They requested witnesses at all times to give their feat credence. "We need proof to show the Guinness Book of World Rec- ords that we are official," Steve said. The seven-time state Junior Champion claimed that "speed" chess equalizes differences in chess talent and a large factor is endurance. He predicted a de- terioration in the game's quality as the marathon continued. IN ADDITION to seeking the personal satisfaction they re- ceived for breaking the record, Beinish and Feldman claimed they were also motivated by a deep concern for the lack of public awareness and support of chess. "Ann Arbor is the chess cap- ital of the Midwest," Steve said, "yet its popularity seems to be waning." Both players ex- pressed hope that the mara- thon's publicity would give lo- cal chess a boost. While both players were con- See CHESS, Page 15 /: ', .t N' MA ? 4, J-'--4 tt ;},>{v "GET ATTENTIOF ni,. ?' ,. .... ..... . 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