A sombre and incredible account of chess master Bobby Fischer's funeral near Reykjavik, Iceland, last January. Bleak, yet riveting, reading. At 8am on Monday 21 January, under cover of darkest night, a hearse slid stealthily out of the snowy streets of Reykjavik, followed by another car. In the hearse was a coffin containing the body of Bobby Fischer, the American chess virtuoso, who had died four days earlier, aged ... Read full entry

Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Dies. Bobby Fischer has died, cause unknown, in Reykjavik, Iceland, his spokesman said today. Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64. This brings to mind a song I mentioned a few years ago, titled Bobby Fischer, written in 2001 by local band, Lazy ... Read full entry

Chess master Bobby Fischer’s current plight brings to mind the lyrics of a song written, and titled, in his honour (as well as a nameless girl known to the lyricist) by Sydney band, Lazy Susan.They’re all saying that you’ll never play againThey’re all saying that you’re finishedThat you’re washed up as a friendAll my life I’ve ... Read full entry