Word: forfeits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...team was unmoved. "We refuse to accept a 23-2 forfeit," Deac proclaimed, as his cohorts began to pitch camp for what looked like a long stay...
...display the effrontery to demand that it be played in a dingy back room, ordinarily used for Ping Pong. "Just this once. Never again," said Boris, thereby sealing his own doom. By remaining intransigent, he probably could have provoked another walkout by Bobby and won the entire match by forfeit. Gradually falling behind after Bobby played an unorthodox move early in the game, Spassky finally extended his hand in defeat at the 41st move; it was the first time he had ever lost to Fischer. Boris was still leading 2-1, but he had lost an important psychological edge; Bobby...
...Boris is declared the winner of the second game on a forfeit. "It is a great pity," he says...
...Bobby, claiming that "there is a conspiracy against me," files a formal protest against the forfeit...
...poisoned pawn." Trapped behind enemy lines, the bishop fell six moves later, and Spassky, making the most of his advantage, went on to win. The second game, boycotted by Fischer in a dispute over the use of TV cameras (see box opposite), was won by Spassky on a forfeit. Fischer was now down two games and had to scramble...