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Let's Play Chess Fri, Feb 4, 1972 – 16 · Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) · Newspapers.com
Let's Play Chess: Chess Match Dates Not Set by Harold Lundstrom
Robert (Bobby) Fischer, the American chess ace, has gone to Amsterdam for talks concerning the date and site of the world chess title match he will play later this year with world champion, Boris Spassky, of the USSR.
Bobby was met at the Amsterdam airport by Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Dr. Euwe was world chess champion from 1935 to 1937.
Fischer is accompanied by Ed Edmondson, his manager, and executive director of the USCF, Edmondson once played in a Utah State Tournament.
Dr. Euwe has reported that Spassky had submitted a list of four cities where he wanted to play.
Fischer has listed only two possible sites, and neither of these were on Spassky's list.
Dr. Euwe said he expected Fischer to name two more cities that were agreeable to him, and he hoped one of these would be on Spassky's list.
He did not say which cities were listed on the two lists.
Bobby has said that he would prefer to play in the city that offered the biggest amount of prize money. Spassky has also said he would strongly take into account the climate of the site.
Since the original bids were made, one of the clubs on the Las Vegas “strip” has offered $175,000 in prize money for the match.
