New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, June 30, 1972 - Page 37
Media Oppose Limits On Chess-Match News
An attempt to limit news transmissions from the world chess championship in Iceland has met strong resistance from the news media, including the Associated Press, United Press International and The New York Times.
All three said last night that they had instructed their correspondents not to agree to the restrictions.
As a condition of their access to the games, reporters have been told they must sign an agreement not to file move-by-move reports of the games and to file no more than three reports in the course of a game. That would delay press reports on the action and frustrate radio and television plans to report moves as they are made.
Richard Gitter, counsel for Channel 13 here, which has planned running television commentary based on the move-by-move reports by The Associated Press, said last night: “We are willing and anxious to litigate this in a court of law.”
