Word: reykjavic
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...wills between World Chess Champion Boris Spassky of the U.S.S.R. and Challenger Bobby Fischer of the U.S. took a subtle but significant turn in Reykjavík, Iceland, last week. Boris, rumored to be suffering from defeatism, professed a new-found determination: "The first half of this match was not very interesting for me. The second half will be." The usually difficult, demanding Bobby, on the other hand, seemed downright congenial. After taking a commanding lead in the match, Fischer at one point uncharacteristically consented to attend a cocktail party at the U.S. Information Agency in Reykjavík. Reports...
...John F. Kennedy International Airport. Spotted by newsmen and jostled by photographers who crowded in around him, he ran across the waiting room, bolted out the door and disappeared into the parking lot. Later it was reported that he had actually checked his bags for a flight to Reykjavík, but miffed because of the lack of proper police protection, he demanded his bags back and then disappeared again. One thing was certain: when Icelandic Airlines Flight 204 finally departed, Chess Grand Master Bobby Fischer was not on board...
Elegant Game. Such were some of the cat-and-mouse games being played before this week's scheduled opening of the world championship of chess between Fischer and Russia's Boris Spassky in Reykjavík. It was bizarre that the orderly, elegant old game could be at the center of such a ruckus. But then ruckus raising is Fischer's specialty. Four years ago, he withdrew from international competition, accusing the "lying, cheating Russians" of denying him the world title that was rightfully his. Eighteen months later he stormed right back, knocking off one grand master...
...Queens, while the controversy raged) was adamant. For years he has 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...
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...