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...rivalry of the guiding outfits encouraged recklessness. Hall's successful Adventure Consultants was being crowded by newer ventures, notably the Mountain Madness service of Scott Fischer, a skilled American climber. There was powerful pressure for them to ignore their turnaround times, beyond which it was foolish to continue heading upward. Fischer told Krakauer that if Pittman reached the summit, she was certain to boast about it on New York talk shows...
...note in the program explained that the games of chess that Freddie and Anatoly play are reproductions of the actual games that Bobby Fischer played against Byrne and Spassky in 1957 and 1972 respectively. This added a nice touch of authenticity to the production...
...around, but the smiles seemed a bit strained. There will be lots of emotion on both sides of the board come May 3. Everyone involved knows the match will make history, whichever way it goes. Last year's virgin Deep Blue campaign brought chess its widest audience since the Fischer-Spassky cold war match in 1972. "Chess is of secondary importance to the wider audience," says Kasparov, who nonetheless hopes to launch a chess-themed Website called Club Kasparov later this year. "It's the social contest. It's about the machine...
...Reported by Sandra Burton/Hong Kong, Dean Fischer and Douglas Waller/Washington and Jaime A. FlorCruz/Beijing
...Reported by Dean Fischer and Douglas Waller/Washington and Jaime A. FlorCruz/Beijing