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Sun Mar  7 13:53:32 1982
Karpov comments on Fischer
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    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.
    
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