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SVETI STEFAN, Yugoslavia - Bobby Fischer's teenage companion, Hungarian chess whiz Zita Rajcsanyi, wasn't even born the last time he went up against Boris Spassky.

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At this matchup, though, she's attracting almost as much attention as the players.

For the better part of a month Rajcsanyi has been ensconced at this Adriatic resort with Fischer, who has broken his year isolation to play a rematch with his old rival. Fischer triumphed in their opening game on Wednesday and they tied yesterday.

It's been a big week for Rajcsanyi, too.

Sunday she won Hungary's junior chess championship; Tuesday she celebrated her 19th birthday.

"It's hard to believe that it's happening to me, actually," she said yesterday.

At an elaborate match-opening extravaganza Tuesday night, she and Fischer sat side by side: he tall, graying and stern-faced at 49; she short, youthful and smiling, with straight brown hair and glasses.

They met in April afte BOBBY FISCHER MEETS HIS MATCH – Chicago Tribune JOLYG