Chess Player To Compete Via Telephone

The South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana Tuesday, August 10, 1965 - Page 5

Chess Player To Compete Via Telephone
Havana (UPI) — Bobby Fischer of New York City will compete in the Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament here by telephone, the president of the Cuban Chess Federation confirmed yesterday.
Fischer was denied permission to visit Havana for the tournament, which will open Aug. 22. Official U.S. policy restricts to a narrow group the number of Americans who can be granted visas to visit Communist Cuba.
Jose Luis Barreras, head of the Cuban Chess Federation, said contracts had been signed to provide a direct telephone line between Havana and New York for Fischer.