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Chess Sat, May 13, 1972 – Page 28 · The Ottawa Journal (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.com
Dr. Max Euwe, FIDE president, on arrival home at Amsterdam from his Australian and East Asian goodwill tour, laid it on the line in settling matters of the Fischer-Spassky world championship match, conditions of which have been disputed for three months. Iceland was offered, and accepted, responsibility for the whole 24 games on their original bid of $125,000 prize fund. With disqualification facing them, both Spassky and Fischer, along with their representative USSR and USA federations, have accepted the president's rulings. Play will be in a large sports centre in Reykjavik, with three completed games per week on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting July 2. Unfinished games will be completed in between regular sessions. Lothar Schmid, West German master, will be referee-in-chief. He acted with satisfaction in that capacity in the Fischer-Petrosian match last fall. As to the possibility of TV and film coverage for the 80 countries which are members of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Dr. Euwe will handle all financial arrangements.
