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Chess Sun, May 14, 1972 – 25 · The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) · Newspapers.com
Fischer-Spassky is on again!
After four months of ugly political and financial wrangling and bickering, Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky have agreed to play a 24-game match for the world championship. The entire series will be played in Reykjavik, Iceland, starting July 2. The winner will receive $78,125 and the loser the remainder of a $125,000 prize fund.
Iceland was Spassky's first choice for the playing site, but Fischer had held it unacceptable, largely, he says, because limited technical facilities there would make TV and film coverage difficult. But now he says that he is willing to meet Spassky there “or anywhere else in the free world.”
We, and all chess players, are very glad to see that the controversy will finally be settled over the board and not by political and journalistic haggling.
