The Indiana Gazette, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, August 10, 1977 - Page 9
Offer Made To Bobby Fischer For Chess Match
New York (AP)—Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer may be battling Victor Korchnoi — if Fischer will settle for the $3 million offered by a West German financier.
A Dutch paper quotes Korchnoi, a Soviet emigre to West Germany, as saying that financier Wilfried Hilgert is ready to pay Fischer $3 million for the match, which could take place next February.
“I've been in contact with Fischer and in early September I'll go to America to meet him and fix further details,” the paper quotes Korchnoi.