AIt would be interesting to question Mr. Dondis how much mean green he was offered by the USSR to risk tarnishing his reputation publishing defamatory rubbish. The original 1964 article from Fitchburg following the exhibition vs. the derogatory pseudobio by Dondis in August 1971 -- just when Soviet machinery began paying out big cash to chess columnists for rubbish U.S. newspaper stories to demoralize Fischer ... the Dondis fable claims Bobby was 'staring at a wall' -- and walked off without a single goodbye. (Circa 1971). But in 1964 Fitchburg, Fischer LECTURED (spoke to an audience!!) for an hour following the simultaneous exhibition.
It would be interesting to question Mr. Dondis how much mean green he was offered by the USSR to risk tarnishing his...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, July 20, 2020
Tall tales don't grow bigger than this! Sources provided below:
Fitchburg Sentinel Fitchburg, Massachusetts Tuesday, March 03, 1964
20-Year-Old Grandmaster Duels 56
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28452478/20-year-old-grandmaster-duels-56/
20-Year-Old Grandmaster Duels 56 Tue, Mar 3, 1964 – Page 10 · Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com
Source of fake internet story and shame on their silly fascist propaganda!
http://www.masschess.org/chess_horizons/chess-horizons-article.aspx?ch_uid=136
Harold Dondis' failed attempt (seven years after the event!) to claim Fischer finished the Fitchburg exhibition and '...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, July 20, 2020
