AFort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Thursday, April 20, 1972 - Page 76
Chess King Willing to Stay in Paris
Moscow (Reuter) — World chess champion Boris Spassky of Russia is willing to meet challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States in Paris this summer provided the entire match is held there, according to Soviet chess officials.
The 1972 chess championship ran into difficulties last week when Yugoslavia decided not to stage the first half of the championship, which had been scheduled to begin June 22; the second half was fixed for Reykjavik, Iceland.
Officials of the Moscow Chess Club told journalists that Paris had been one of Spassky's initial suggestions as a site for the match.
They said he originally made the suggestion on the understanding the entire match would be held in Paris, adding that they have not received any new proposals on the subject from the International Chess Federation.
