The White Falcon - 18.09.1981, Side 10

10 White Falcon
September 18, 1981
Chess champion
Frank Fisher, above playing Viktor Korchnoi at a simultaneous chess ex-
hibition in April, defeated ll other opponents last weekend to win the
NATO Base Chess Championship. Fisher will travel to St. Mawgan, England
in October for the Northern European Regional Chess Tournament, to repre-
sent the NATO Base. (above-left) Svavar G. Svavarsson, who directed the
tournament, overseas play during the final round at the USO Sunday.
Fisher wins Base chess
title, qualifies for
European tourney
Frank Fisher, of the Iceland
Defense Force Public Affairs Office
won 11 straight matches this weekend
enroute to the NATO Base Chess
Championship.
The tournament, which was held
Saturday and Sunday at the USO,
was sponsored by the MWR Department
and the USO. Svavar G. Svavarsson,
a Chess Master, donated his time and
directed the event.
Stan Hardesty, the second place
finisher with a 10-1 record, and
Fisher were paired in the last
round when both were undefeated.
Fisher won the game in 38 moves
playing the black side of the
Queens Gambit Declined.
As the NATO Base Champion,
Fisher qualifies for the Northern^^^
European Regional Chess Tournamen^^^
to be held October 24 & 25 at St.
Mawgan, England.
SPORTS BEAT*
NFL standings
American Conference EASTERN DIVISION W L T PCT.
Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000
Miami 2 0 0 1.000
Baltimore 1 1 0 .500
New England 0 2 0 .000
New York Jets 0 2 0 .000
CENTRAL DIVISION W L T PCT.
Houston 2 0 0 1.000
Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000
Cleveland 0 2 0 .000
Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000
WESTERN DIVISION w L T PCT.
Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000
San Diego 2 0 0 1.000
Seattle 1 1 0 .500
Denver 1 1 0 .500
Oakland 1 1 0 .500
National Conference EASTERN DIVISION W L T PCT.
Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000
Dallas 2 0 0 1.000
New York Giants 1 1 0 .500
St. Louis 0 2 0 .000
Washington 0 2 0 .000
CENTRAL DIVISION w L T PCT.
Detroit 1 1 0 .500
Green Bay 1 1 0 .500
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500
Minnesota 0 2 0 .000
Chicago 0 2 0 .000
WESTERN DIVISION w L T PCT.
Atlanta 2 0 0 1.000
San Francisco 1 1 0 .500
New Orleans 1 1 0 .500
Los Angeles 0 2 0 .000