The Bobby Fischer Center

Housing the memorabilia of the 11th World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer and the Selfoss Chess Club

The American, Bobby Fischer, became the World Chess Champion when he defeated the Soviet grandmaster and reigning World champion, Boris Spassky, in Reykjavik in the summer of 1972. The match is generally referred to as the Match of the Century. It took place at the height of the Cold War, mirroring the tense relations between the two superpowers, United States of America and the Soviet Union. Since 1948, Soviet chess players had held the World championship title uninterrupted for quarter of a century. On display at the Bobby Fischer Center in Selfoss are, among other things, Spassky’s and Fischer’s scoresheets, a printout from the radiation measurements demanded by Spassky’s delegation after the 17th game and a replica of the chess board used during the match which was staged in Laugardalshöll in Reykjavík. In addition, on view are many curious items related to Bobby Fischer’s stay in Iceland during his last years ( 2005-2008 ), his chair, for example, from the Bókin antiquarian bookshop in Reykjavík. He died on 17th of January 2008 at the age of 64. Bobby Fischer’s final resting place is at Laugardælir cemetery, a few hundred metres away from the Bobby Fischer Center.

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are famed for their annual Þjóðhátíð – National Festival – which attracts thousands of people from the mainland. The festival was first held in 1874, at the commemoration of the millennium of the settlement of Iceland. For the first time, a Danish King was visiting Iceland: Christian IX, who brought the Icelanders their Constitution that paved the way to sovereign statehood. The Westman Islanders were prevented from sailing to the mainland for the festivities by bad weather, so held their own celebration locally and have done so ever since.