ALansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan Monday, February 17, 1975 - Page 7
Manila Location of 1975 Championship
This Year's World Chess Championship matches between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet Union will be played in Manila, Radio Belgrade reports.
Radio Belgrade said Sunday in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, told Yugoslav grand chess master Svetozar Gligoric that the championship would be played in the Philippine capital.
Euwe was quoted as saying Manila had offered to raise a purse of $5 million but Milan, the other bidder, offered only $400,000. Fischer wanted Manila as the site.
