APhiladelphia Daily News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, February 18, 1975 - Page 31
Soviets Object To Chess Site
Amsterdam (UPI) — The International Chess Federation yesterday ruled in favor of Manila — the choice of world champion Bobby Fischer of the U.S. — as the site for his title match against Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet Union, starting June 1.
The Russians promptly objected for technical reasons against the Philippine capital, which has offered $5 million in prize money.
A final decision now will have to be made by the federation assembly that meets in Bergen, Holland, March 8-20.
NIKOLAI RYNDIN, cultural attache of the Soviet Embassy and representative of the Soviet Chess Federation, told newsmen his federation rejected the choice for “technical reasons.”
He did not elaborate, but a federation spokesman said the Soviet objection was based on a technicality — that a telegram stating Fischer's acceptance of Manila had not been signed by the world champion but by Ed Edmondson, director of the U.S. Chess Federation.
