News-Journal Mansfield, Ohio Thursday, June 29, 1972 - Page 8
Chess Matches
Q — Will the chess championships be on television, and who will he playing? — K. M., South Diamond St.
A — Your question came just in time. The title matches, featuring Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of Russia, will be seen Saturday, July 8 from 5-6:30 p. m. on the Wide World of Sports. The show will be presented from Reykjavik, Iceland, the first time in history that the matches have been held outside the Soviet Union. Spassky has held the world title for the past 23 years and has faced Fischer five times, winning three times and tying twice. Yet Fischer, a prodigy who won the U. S. national championship at the age of 14, is a favorite to many to win the world championship following his relatively easy succession of wins in preliminary competition. A maximum of 24 games will be held with Spassky needing only a tie to retain his title.
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