Central California Chess Voice 1971-1976
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491_9784871879798
In March of 1970, chess happenings on the world stage intruded into Northern California. Bobby Fischer emerged from his semi-retirement to play second board in the USSR vs Rest of the World match against former World Champion, Tigran Petrosian. He won by a score of 3-1. The articles which appeared in local papers only engendered excitement with the chess players; but didnt draw public attention...yet. Former chessplayers started rejoining their local clubs; CCCA membership and magazine circulation started to grow. When Fischer won the Interzonal by a score of 18.5-4.5 in December of 1970 the general public began to take notice; some trickled into the Northern California chess scene. Fischers first Candidates match with super Grandmaster Mark Taimanov started out with newspaper coverage on the back page on May 16, 1971 and ended up on the front page after Fischers 6-0 shutout on June 2, 1971; chessplayers were astounded and the public was intrigued. Like all periodicals, Chess Voice, was dated several months ahead of when it actually came out. Thus the August-September 1971 issue had the news about the Fischer-Taimanov shutout as well as tournament flyers for the California State Chess Federations 22nd Annual California Open on September 4-6 and CCCAs First Annual USCF Regional Class on September 11-12. Bobbys second Candidates match with super Grandmaster Bent Larsen ended again with a 6-0 shutout on July 20. 1971. Chessplayers and non-chessplayers alike were ecstatic; Fischers win against former World Champion Tigran Petrosian by a score of 6.5-2.5 on October 26, 1971 was almost an anticlimax. New players joined Northern California chess in droves and the CCCA encouraged them to enter the weekend tournaments instead of the established chess clubs. The heyday of the chess club was over; the weekend tournament was king. The October- November 1971 issue often had more than one tournament per weekend, which had been considered bad form in the past.
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