ADes 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.)]
