Bobby Fischer Center Opens in South Iceland
11.07.2013 | 21:47
A center honoring the late chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer opened in Selfoss, South Iceland, today, mbl.is reports.
The center, which is located on the upper floor of the old bank on Austurvegur 21, features a permanent exhibition on the so-called ‘Duel of the Century,’ which took place in Reykjavík in 1972 between Fischer and Boris Spassky.
Fisher had faced extradition from Japan to the United States after defying a U.S. boycott and playing Spassky in the former Yugoslavia.
He moved to Iceland when he was granted Icelandic citizenship in 2005, and passed away there three years later, in 2008. His grave lies in a cemetery near Selfoss.
Source: http://www.icelandreview.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Very cool.
Despite all the ugly rhetoric and the political controversy, his singular accomplishments and contributions should be honored in the country of his birth.
He’s a chess legend – an American one, regardless of who he upset, regardless of where he’s buried.