Saturday, August 31, 2024

Fischer in Reykjavik... in 1961

 

Source: Chess Life, vol. 16 no. 2 (February 20, 1961), p. 37

Mr. Herbert Halsegger notifies us that Fischer was in Iceland, winning in Reykjavik... already in 1961, in a small round-robin tournament against the Icelandic players, including the GM Fredrik Oalfsson. 11 years before his rather better known victory against GM Boris Spassky in the same location... 

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