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...about 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...
Vacationers can save up to 20% on many of these fares by starting their travels out of the "peak season," which generally covers the summer months. In addition, anyone who does not mind a one-hour stopover in Reykjavik can cross the Atlantic for $279 on a peak-season 29-to 45-day ticket by flying Icelandic, the only non-IATA airline regularly running between North America and Western Europe. But its jetliners land only in Luxembourg. If the fare is still too steep, the prospective traveler has one final choice: he can try to go to work...
...ministers settled upon an answer. With the notable exception of France, which still refuses to cooperate in NATO's military activities, the 14 remaining ministers agreed to consider test-tasting the Kremlin vintage. The ministers, who first proposed the Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) during their 1968 Reykjavik meeting, set up a two-step exploratory phase...
Some flights between New York and Europe take 14 bumpy hours, and all stop at Reykjavik, nobody's Acapulco. Aloft, a party air pervades the aircraft as young people wander the aisle in search of companionship or add to the graffiti on the backs of seats. Lunch and dinner consist of simple food like chicken and peas...
Today the airline is Iceland's largest private employer, with a staff of more than 700. It owns the country's biggest hotel, the 108-room Loftleidir in Reykjavik. Last year it bought another line, International Air Bahama, which flies between Nassau and Luxembourg. With that kind of performance, Managing Director Alfred Eliasson, who was one of the founders, is not overly concerned about competitors who criticize his low pricing policies. "No airline," he notes, "is obliged to be a member of I.A.T.A...