Endgame (67 page)
Authors: Frank Brady
8
“This is absulutely vicious, illegal and unfair” Morgunbladid
, July 29, 2005.
9
exchange of long, technical e-mails with UBS
Interview with Einar Einarsson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
10
So he lost
Letter from UBS, “Termination Business Relationship Account,” July 22, 2005, FB.
11
UBS liquidated all of his assets
Bank transfer statements from UBS to Landsbanki, various dates, May–August 2005, FB.
12
speculated that he was somehow prescient
Interview of Einar Einarsson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
13
deep, serious study of history, philosophy, and other topics Iceland Review
, February 2008, p. 41.
14
Bókin reminded him of Dr. Albrecht Buschke’s chess bookstore The Smart Set
, by Sara Blask, March 28, 2008.
15
Finally, he said he’d work for nothing
Interview of Bragi Kristjonsson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
16
“You know, the fairy tale and the Brothers Grimm”
Interview of store clerk in Yggdrasil by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
17
Bobby answered in his typical Calvin Coolidge style
Telephone interview of Helgi Olaffson by author, October 8, 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
18
Sonja gently asked if he’d pose for a photo
Interview of “Sonja” by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
19
“Gee, they didn’t know who I was”
Interview of Einar Einarsson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
20
“as Fischer probably feels trapped in Iceland”
Interview of David Oddsson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
21
Iceland was a “prison”
Interview of Gardar Sverrisson by author, October 9, 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
22
flagged to be arrested at any one of 368 airports
Interview of Bragi Kristjonsson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
23
“Eating was very important to him”
Interview of Zsuzsa Polgar by author, May 2009, Princeton, NJ.
24
Bobby grimaced and agreed not to buy it
Interview of Einar Einarsson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
25
“They were in love and showed it in many small ways”
Interview of Gardar Sverrisson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
26
“But he also liked to study people when he was riding.”
Ibid.
27
the driver keep both hands on the steering wheel at all times
Interview of Einar Einarsson by author, October 2009.
28
It became clear, however, that Titomirov had no interest
. E-mails from Joel Lautier, May 27, 2005, and Dr. Alex Titomirov, May 27, 2005, to Einar Einarsson, FB.
29
announced prize fund was $14 million
Undated five-page proposal, “Gothic Chess Match: The Clash of the Chess Legends,” FB.
30
“These games are fake!” Me and Bobby Fischer
, 2009.
31
“Perhaps Fischer’s ascent to world champion was part of some conspiracy”
Mark Segal, “Chess, Chance and Conspiracy,”
Statistical Science
22, no. 1, 2007, pp. 98–108.
32
Bobby began finding fault Observer
(London), February 10, 2008.
33
for the months of bodyguard work
. Interview of Saemi Palsson by author, October 2009.
34
“This is a film that is supposed to be about my kidnapping”
Interview with Saemi Palsson by author, October 7, 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
35
“I
am Bobby Fischer!”
Ibid.
36
“This film is about the atom bomb.”
Letter from Fridrik Gudmundsson to Bobby Fischer, January 28, 2007, FB.
37
Mr. Fischer wishes the group to draw attention
Press release issued by the RJF committee, May 4, 2007.
38
“I want to see the books.”
Interview of Gudmundur Thorarinsson by author, October 2009.
39
Even key stalwarts felt his sting
Telegraph.co.uk, January 25. 2008.
40
Bobby’s snit against him lasted only twenty-four hours
Interview of Gardar Sverrisson by author, October 2009.
41
“special but only in the negative sense”
E-mail from Bobby Fischer to Pal Benko, May 11, 2007, DeLucia and DeLucia, p. 308.
42
“I don’t owe these [people] anything!”
E-mail to Pal Benko from Bobby Fischer, May 10, 2007, as quoted in DeLucia and DeLucia, p. 308.
43
“Well, that’s Bobby”
Interview of Einar Einarsson by author, October 10, 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
44
“Never obey anyone’s command”
Wikipedia, accessed December 7, 2009.
45
“I am always on the attack”
From
Me and Bobby Fischer
, 2009.
46
“I am a genius”
From
Me and Bobby Fischer
, 2009.
47
Eventually, Bobby brought
him
a copy of
Basic Catechism Interview of Gardar Sverrisson by author, October 2009.
48
Einarsson and Skulasson both concluded
Letter to the author from Einar Einarsson, November 8, 2009, FB.
49
then professed that he thought “the only hope for the world”
Interview of Gardar Sverrisson by author, October 2009.
50
“Unfortunately, we’re not strong enough”
quote from an unpublished 300-page manuscript by Bobby Fischer dated January 17, 1999, as reprinted in DeLucia and DeLucia, p. 272.
51
“The expressiveness of the eyes, my goodness, you can practically feel his sadness”
Letter from David Surratt to Einar Einarsson, February 15, 2008.
52
His friend Pal Benko believed that to be the case
Interview of Pal Benko by author, summer 2008, New York.
53
“Why didn’t you bring the whole book!?”
Interview of Fridrik Olafsson by author, October 2009.
54
contrary to reports that he had it perched on his bedside table
Interview of Magnus Skulasson by author, October 2009.
55
He was at Bobby’s bedside as a friend Iceland Review
, February 2008, p. 43.
56
Bobby looked at him and said, “Nothing soothes as much as the human touch.”
Interview of Magnus Skulasson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.
57
became his attendants and guardians Sunday Times
(London), April 20, 2008.
1
“My brother is dead”
E-mail to Einar Einarsson from Boris Spassky, January 18, 2009.
2
Only three weeks before Bobby’s death
E-mail to Bobby Fischer from Boris Spassky, December 28, 2007.
3
“I have a brother’s feeling”
Letter from Boris Spassky to author, May 31, 2010.
4
“Fischer just wanted to be buried like a normal human being”
“Requiem for the Black King,”
Iceland Review
, July 4, 2008.
5
“Like him, he was buried with few present”
Ibid.
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