AThe San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Friday, April 14, 1972 - Page 15
Stalemate in Fischer-Spassky World Chess Tourney Doubted
Newburgh (N.Y.) — (AP) Col. E. B. Edmondson, executive director of the American Chess Federation, says he has been assured that every effort will be made to prevent the world championship chess match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer from being stalemated.
The World Chess Federation announced in Amsterdam yesterday that the first half of the keenly anticipated match scheduled in June at Belgrade, Yugoslavia, had been canceled.
The WCF canceled the play after Belgrade organizers decided not to play host to the match because the American federation refused to put up a $35,000 guarantee that Fischer would appear. The American challenger has demanded a percentage of the proceeds.
