AChicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Wednesday, February 09, 1972 - Page 44
Must Select Chess Site by Tomorrow
(Reuters) New York — THE TWO participants in the forthcoming international chess championship will have to choose the site for the matches by tomorrow or the International Chess Federation will designate a site, Col. Edmund Edmondson, executive director of the U.S. Chess Federation, said yesterday.
The match involves American Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. Representatives of the two players have been negotiating for a match site.
Edmondson said, “If they don't agree on a site by 2 p.m. [6 a.m. EST] Feb. 10, Amsterdam time, the selection will be made by Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation. His decision will be binding. There will be no appeal.”
Edmondson said he would keep in constant touch with the situation during the next 48 hours as to whether the two players could reach a decision.
The Soviet champion's selections were Iceland, Holland, France, or Dortmund, Germany. America's entry was for one of two Yugoslav cities or Buenos Aires or Montreal.
The American Chess Federation executive made his remarks after returning from a trip to Yugoslavia, Holland, Iceland and Denmark, as well as the Soviet Union.
