How Iceland gave Bobby Fischer the belonging America never could
Indian Grandmaster Aarav Dengla, in his column The Grandmaster View, reflects on the life and legacy of chess legend Bobby Fischer. Fischer rose to global fame during the Cold War, with figures like Henry Kissinger urging him to take on Soviet opponents. Despite being an American icon, Fischer spent his later years in exile, estranged from his homeland. It was Iceland, not the United States, that ultimately sheltered him and became his final resting place. Dengla explores Fischer's revolutionary contributions to chess alongside the tragedy of his troubled later life.
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