Helgi Ólafsson, an Icelandic chess Grandmaster and a good friend of the late Bobby Fischer, has released a book about his encounters with the American chess genius who held Icelandic citizenship.
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Book about Bobby Fischer released by Icelandic chess Grandmaster
Posted on 03 May 2012.
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Icelandic court: Bobby Fischer was legally married to Japanese wife
Posted on 03 March 2011.
The Reykjavik District Court yesterday declared that Miyoko Watai was chess grand master Bobby Fischer’s legal wife after all.
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Bobby Fischer not Jinky’s father
Posted on 18 August 2010.
The results of a DNA test carried out on the exhumed corpse of chess legend Bobby Fischer indicate that he is not the father of Jinky Jong, Icelandic officials say. The results were passed to the Reykjavik District Court yesterday.
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There was no drilling into Bobby Fischer’s body
Posted on 08 July 2010.
(UPDATED AND CORRECTED) American newspaper The New York Post reported yesterday that Icelandic authorities had drilled through Bobby Fischer’s coffin and into his body in order to take a DNA sample from the exhumed chess grand master’s corpse. But the Selfoss district commissioner says the NYP got it wrong.
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Bobby Fischer’s grave exhumed
Posted on 05 July 2010.
“The Supreme Court’s judgement has been carried out,” answered Selfoss District Commissioner Olafur Helgi Kjartansson when asked if Bobby Fischer’s remains have yet been exhumed.
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Still not known when Bobby Fischer will be exhumed
Posted on 19 June 2010.
It has not yet been decided when the body of chess grand master Bobby Fischer will be exhumed; but the Supreme Court of Iceland ruled this week that it will happen.
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The complicated legacy of Bobby Fischer
Posted on 28 January 2008.
Chess legend Bobby Fischer, who died on January 17th, was recently buried at a country church in Iceland during a Catholic funeral service. Though the service itself may have been peaceful, the legal wrangling over Fischer’s million dollar fortune may be about to turn nasty. In a Visir report published in Iceland last week, it [...]
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Bobby Fischer dies aged 64
Posted on 18 January 2008.
Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer died yesterday in Iceland after a long battle with illness, according to Visir.is Fischer was born 9th March 1943 in the US and became famous for beating Boris Spassky from the Soviet Union in 1972. Fischer was wanted by the US for breaking international sanctions by playing a rematch [...]
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