The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Sunday, April 23, 1972 - Page 144
Unlikely Chess Championship?
A chess championship between the U.S.'s Bobby Fischer and Russia's Boris Spassky seemed unlikely after the International Chess Federation said that Fischer had refused to play for the world title in either Belgrade or Reykjavik.
Spreading rumors without foundation may have been effective for Soviet to win competitions, but this rumor was put to rest, by Robert J. Fischer in the April 05, 1972, New York Times “Fischer Announces He Is Ready to Play For the World Title.”