A memorial exhibit has been unveiled a Reykjavik hotel commemorating what chess players refer to as ‘the match of all time’. The launch of the artefact comes four decades after legendary American chess champion Bobby Fisher took on Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in the Icelandic capital in 1972.
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Bobby Fisher chess memorial exhibition unveiled in Reykjavik
Posted on 15 March 2013.
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Iceland Airwaves 2012 strikes a chord
Posted on 01 November 2012.
The Iceland Airwaves music festival began yesterday afternoon in Reykjavik, where more than 220 bands are set to perform at various venues around town until Sunday night.
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Custody granted in Reykjavík watch raider case
Posted on 24 March 2012.
The Supreme Court of Iceland has granted a police custody request for the Polish man who was recently extradited to the country from Switzerland following last October’s raid on a Reykjavík Rolex shop. The man has confessed.
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Nordic Council takes over Icelandic parliament
Posted on 24 March 2012.
The Nordic Council’s spring meeting took place yesterday in Alþingishúsið – the Icelandic national parliament building.
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Reykjavík lawyer stab victim taken off ventillator
Posted on 19 March 2012.
The director of Lagastoð, Skúli Sigurz, who was stabbed at his office two weeks ago, is now breathing by himself; although he is still being held unconscious.
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Reykjavík mayor calls on critics to embrace new hospital plan
Posted on 17 March 2012.
Mayor of Reykjavík, Jón Gnarr, says he is happy with the agreement signed yesterday for the construction of a new hospital.
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Famous Reykjavík pool getting makeover for summer
Posted on 15 March 2012.
The Icelandic capital’s biggest and best-known geothermal pool complex looks a bit like an archaeological dig site right now — but there is a good explanation.
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Reykjavík bus burns
Posted on 12 March 2012.
A city bus in the Icelandic capital this morning caught fire and is terminally damaged. None of the passengers were injured, however.
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