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Fischer chess match promoted as big league sport in 1972
The Fischer Spassky world championship is framed like a major league event. Reykjavik hosts 24 games from July 2 with tickets $5 and $75 for the series. prize money totals $125,000, while 60 percent of income from films and TV goes to the players. Broadcasters including ABC and Channel 13 plan extensive coverage with Shelby Lyman providing move by move analysis.
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New York
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Icelandic Chess Federation
Reykjavik
Iceland
Fischer
Spassky
United States
ABC
Wide World of
Channel 13
WNDT
Teleprompter
T.V
Fox
Shelby Lyman
Albany, N.Y