Chess On The Arctic Rim

The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, February 04, 1961 - Page 29

Chess On The Arctic Rim
On his way to the Chess Olympics at Leipzig, American champion Bobby Fischer stopped off at Reykjavik, Iceland. A small tourney was arranged with four of the leading local experts which Fischer won 3½-½ pts., ahead of Ingi Johannsson, 2½-1½, Fridrik Olafsson, 2-2, A. Gudmundsson 1-3 each and F. Thorbergsson, 1-3.
Johannsson also came out ahead of international grandmaster Olafsson in another tourney arranged only for Icelanders, so that an important new star may be emerging. Here is a sample of his play from the first-mentioned tourney.

A. Gudmundsson (Iceland) vs. R.J. Fischer (U.S.A.), Reykjavik, Iceland, 1960