ATimes Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Friday, August 27, 1965 - Page 29
Fischer Wins First Match
Havana (CP)—U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer defeated Heinz Lehmann, West German international master, in 32 moves Thursday in a first-round match of the Casablanca chess tournament.
Fischer's moves were relayed by teletype and cable from New York because the 22-year-old champion was denied a visa to travel to Cuba by the U.S. state department.
Fischer, youngest of the international grand masters, will face a total of 22 opponents before the tournament ends Sept. 20.
Fischer's moves were written on paper, which was carried to a small office where a teletype machine was set up to relay them by cable. The teletype operator relayed not only Fischer's moves but the time he took for each move. Fischer's opponents' moves also are relayed by teletype.
