Asri-unix.917 net.chess utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:C70:sri-unix!mclure@SRI-UNIX Sun Mar 7 13:53:32 1982 Karpov comments on Fischer a217 1059 07 Mar 82 AM-People,550 People In The News Laserphoto NY8 MOSCOW (AP) - World chess champion Anatoly Karpov doubts Bobby Fisher will play chess again, saying the former titleholder's nerves are shot. ''He has not played for nine years now,'' the Soviet champ said of the American who won the title in 1972 but never defended it. ''His nervous system has failed. Unfortunately, in the near future, one can hardly see him playing chess again.'' Fisher has spent much of his time in seclusion since surrendering the crown in 1975, though there have been various reports that he has planned a comeback. Fisher forfeited the crown after refusing to defend it on terms set by the international chess federation. Karpov, who subsequently inherited the title, has several times expressed interest in playing Fisher, whose activities are still of great interest to chess enthusiasts in the Soviet Union. Karpov, 30, has twice successfully defended the title against Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi. Karpov's remarks about Fisher were made in ''64-Chess Review,'' a Soviet chess magazine he edits. His comments were distributed by the official Soviet news agency Tass. ap-ny-03-07 1354EST ********** ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.