Bobby Fischer.

... Bobby Fischer, THE PERFECT SETTING Between Europe and North America lies a small island nation of 200,000 people. Completely isolated from the outside world for centuries, the language spoken there is almost identical to Old Norse. The landscape is barren; ice sheets and glaciers cover a sizable portion of the island. The summers are cold; the winters are freezing. It remains a mystery why FIDE, the Federation International Des Eschecs, chose the tiny country of Iceland to host its 1972 title match. After all, the prize purse was only $125,000, the smallest amount offered of the locations considered. Perhaps it was the highly political nature of the upcoming match that made Iceland's Capital City of Reykjavik seem like the perfect location. Situated almost directly between the US and the USSR, Iceland was definitely the place to butt heads. The sun never sets in the summer, nor does it rise in the winter.

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