AThe Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Thursday, January 27, 1972 - Page 38
2 Cities Bidding for Chess Match
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — Edmund Edmondson, executive director of the American Chess Federation, arrived here Wednesday at an invitation of prospective organizers of the chess match between U.S. champ Bobby Fischer and world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
Edmondson will inspect conditions for holding the match in Belgrade and Sarajevo later this year.
Belgrade's Yugoslav Crediting and Export Bank and the Chess League of Serbia, the sponsors, offered a purse of $152,000 if Fischer and Spassky agree to play in Belgrade.
