AThe Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Sunday, May 07, 1972 - Page 8
Fischer Approves Of Iceland Match from Wire Reports
Grossinger, N.Y. — American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer has agreed to Iceland as the site of his 24-game world championship match against Boris Spassky of Russia.
A spokesman for Fischer said that he would play “under conditions of the Icelandic bid, as yet unseen by him, and in accordance with such rules as have been laid down by FIDE (International Chess Federation) as yet not clarified to him.”
Under conditions set in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, play will begin July 2 and the contestants will share a $125,000 purse, the winner getting $78,125 and the loser, $46,875.
Earlier plans to stage the match in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in June collapsed after Fischer demanded a share of the profits in addition to the prize. Reykjavik was awarded the 24-game title match April 28.
Fischer's spokesman, Joel Pomerantz, said Fischer had hoped to play the match either in North or South America so that “his friends in America could for the first time, see their representative play for the world championship.
“Bobby feels that even under these adverse conditions, he can play and win as a matter of international and personal pride,” Pomerantz said.
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