ATimes Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Wednesday, May 03, 1972 - Page 22
Chess Match Location Ruling Made
Moscow (AP) — Tass said today the president of the International Chess Federation has decided that the world championship match between champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and challenger Robert Fischer of the United States will be played in Reykjavik, Iceland, and start July 2.
Tass said the decision was announced in a telegram the Soviet Union Chess Federation received from Max Euwe, president of the federation.
The decision may end an international squabble about the site of the 24 title games. The match was to have been played half in Belgrade and half in Reykjavik under an earlier agreement, but Belgrade withdrew as a sponsor after Fischer demanded a share of the profits in addition to a guarantee.
Euwe has said Fischer would lose his right to play if he did not accept the federation's new ruling. ([A “new ruling” which was not provided to Fischer in written form for Fischer to make an informed, consensual agreement based upon facts, as in any “valid contract”. Rather, Fischer was given an ultimatum: 1) Agree to a contract he knows not what it entails overtly, or “between the lines”. Such a demand would never be issed by any legitimate organization or institution! or 2) forfeit the match. Agree to a contract you've neither seen nor read? Such is an impossible request, a “Catch 22” thrust upon Fischer by the Soviets. Ken Smith had predicted scheming “old hands” were at work to “replace Fischer” so no matter what way Fischer chose after this scheme, it was a lose-lose situation.)]
