ASpokane Daily Chronicle Spokane, Washington Tuesday, July 11, 1972 - Page 16
Who Gets It?
Moscow (AP) — What can Russian Boris Spassky do with the money he gets for playing Bobby Fischer in the world chess championship in Iceland?
The winner will get something in the neighborhood of $180,000, including a cut on the sale of television and movie rights. The loser will take home around $120,000.
The normal procedure for a Soviet citizen who comes into a wad of dollars is for him to exchange them for certificates that enable him to buy in special Soviet stores. He also can open a foreign bank account or import Western commodities.
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich bought a Mercedez-Benz with some of his earnings from playing abroad.
But there seem to be no hard and fast rules.
Neither Spassky nor the Soviet Chess Federation has said what he will do with his money.
