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Where was he? Nobody in Reykjavík, Iceland, knew, and the tension last week was palpable. Teams of reporters roamed the airport, waiting, watching, checking. Icelandic Airlines officials in New York kept two seats open on every flight-just in case. But where was he? Meanwhile, carpenters put the finishing touches on the 3,000-seat Sports Hall in Reykjavik. Lighting experts checked and rechecked the lighting. Eight closed-circuit TV cameras, five telex machines, three movie cameras and one huge projector were set up. But where, oh where...
...charged that the Russians were conspiring against him and that F.I.D.E. was controlled by Moscow. During negotiations for the site of the match, Fischer was just as troublesome and demanding. It took months of wrangling to settle on Reykjavík, and even then Battling Bobby was not satisfied. "Iceland, with all due respect, is just too small and primitive to handle an event of this size," he said. "Their hall is inadequate and so is their lighting. But the worst thing of all is that there is no way to telecast the match from Iceland...
Waging a War. Meanwhile, back in Reykjavík, the rumors were flying thick and fast. HAS FISCHER ALREADY ARRIVED? headlined Timinn, the Reykjavík daily, speculating that Bobby had slipped into Iceland. The Icelandic Chess Federation said that it had already spent $200,000 on the match, or $1 for every man, woman and child in Iceland, and could not afford to give Fischer a share of the gate. Fred Cramer, vice president of the U.S. Chess Federation and Fischer's representative in Reykjavík, moaned: "You don't know what we've been...
...lead the world in number of beds-17 for every 1,000 people. Sweden also has long had the world's lowest rate of infant mortality. Its men have the world's longest life expectancy, 71.7 years, and its women the second longest, 76 years, just behind Iceland. High-class, tuition-free education right through university is available to all academically qualified Swedes. University students get about $2,000 a year in living costs, partly in the form of state grants and mostly in low-cost loans...
...victory and politics. Bobby Fischer was thinking about victory and money. So U.S. Challenger Fischer's choice of a city for the world championship chess match this spring was Belgrade, which offered the most cash-$152,000. Russian Champion Boris Spassky, nixing Belgrade for political reasons, picked Reykjavik, Iceland. When neither side would give in, Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, took his cue from King Solomon and split the difference: twelve games in Belgrade, then twelve in Reykjavik. "It's a mistake," said Fischer. "You will have double the problems. People are going...