AThe Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 18
Reykjavik Makes Chess Bid
Amsterdam (UPI) — Reykjavik is willing to organize both legs of the world chess championship match between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer, an international chess spokesman said Thursday.
This solution would be in line with the Soviet Chess Federation's demand to get out of the stalemate on the venue for the first 12 championship games.
Originally the first leg of the 24-game series was to be played in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and the second leg in Reykjavik. Belgrade organizers backed out early this month when faced with additional financial demands from Fischer.
“Reykjavik told us they would seriously try to organize the first leg too, provided both Spassky and Fischer guarantee they would play the complete match there,” the FIDE spokesman said.
In a cable to FIDE, the Soviet federation Wednesday demanded the complete series be staged in Reykjavik.
The cable also said the Soviet Union would not support efforts by FIDE President Max Euwe to find another site for the first leg.
Daily News New York, New York Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 120
Game Within a Game
Belgrade, April 27 (UPI)—The International Chess Federation has contacted four European cities in its search for a host for the first part of the world championship match between challenger Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, Bozidar Kazic, secretary of the Yugoslav Chess Federation, said today. He sent telegrams to organizers in Paris; Reykjavik, Iceland; Dortmund, West Germany; and Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The second part of the match is scheduled for Reykjavik. The first part was originally slated for Belgrade, but organizers there backed out last month when Fischer reportedly said he wanted a larger share of the profits.
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Moscow, April 27 (AP)—The Soviet Chess Federation said today “The Chess Federation of the USSR warns that it will not support the intentions of the international president to arrange another round of talks and search for a venue of the match.”
Kenosha News Kenosha, Wisconsin Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 1
Seeks Chess Match in Australia
Sydney (UPI) — James Mason, a Melbourne entrepreneur, today offered to put up $122,000 to stage the first leg of the world chess championship in Australia between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
The offer was cabled to Prof. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Amsterdam. If accepted the match would take place in Melbourne, a chess official here said today.
Belgrade organizers backed out of their original agreement to hold the match there when Fischer demanded a larger share of the profits from the match.
Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Alberta, Canada Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 3
Australia Offers To Be Host For Chess Match
Melbourne (Reuter) — Australia has made a $133,000 offer to stage the world chess championship between title-holder Boris Spassky of Russia and American challenger Bobby Fischer, it was announced tonight.
The president of the Victorian Chess Association, J. Englander, said that James Mason of Eltham, a Melbourne suburb, had agreed to put up the money to sponsor the match.
“A cable has already been sent to the president of the International Chess Federation, Max Euwe, in Amsterdam informing him that we have the sponsorship and that we wish to stage the title,” Englander said.
“We expected a reply in the next week or so.”
In New York, the executive director of the United States Chess Federation expressed interest in the Australian offer, but said the ultimate choice would rest with the players.
Des Moines Tribune Des Moines, Iowa Friday, April 28, 1972 - Page 22
Soviet Rumor Mill: Soviet Paper Cites Chess 'Bias'
Moscow, Russia (AP) — A Soviet newspaper Friday accused the head of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) of unscrupulous bias in favor of Bobby Fischer, the American grandmaster who has pledged to wrest the world chess title from the Russians.
Arrangements for the 24-game title match have come apart because ([Soviet instruction from Moscow for Belgrade to withdraw from hosting first half of games])of Fischer's demand for more money.
Sovietsky Sport, a daily newspaper, said the attitude of FIDE President Max Euwe had been “obviously tendentious” to the disadvantage of Russian Boris Spassky, the world champion.
The paper said Euwe's conduct leads to a possibility that the match may be “torpedoed.” ([By whom?]) It also called Fischer an unworthy challenger to Spassky. ([Mr. Spassky strongly disagrees with the Soviet's unhinged bias.)]
