Various apparatchiks, psychiatrists, journalists, and shadowy figures from the KGB
THE ICELANDERS
Gissli Gestsson—Cameraman
Freysteinn Johannsson—Icelandic Chess Federation press officer
Olafur Johannesson—Prime minister
Fridrik Olafsson—Icelandic grandmaster, later clerk to the Icelandic Parliament
Saemundur “Saemi-Rock” Palsson—Fischer’s police bodyguard
Gudmundur Thorarinsson—President of the Icelandic Chess Federation, chief match organizer, and responsible for gaining match for Iceland
Various car dealers, salmon fishers, technicians, scientists, doctors, stonemasons, and blond dancers
MATCH OFFICIALS
Gudmundur—Assistant arbiter (referee)
Arnlaugsson Max Euwe—Dutch president of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and former world chess champion
Harry Golombek—British chess master and vice president of FIDE, The Times correspondent
Lothar Schmid—German grandmaster and chief arbiter (referee)
OTHERS
Leonard Barden—British chess player and journalist, friend of James Slater
Dimitri Bjelica—Yugoslav journalist
Svetozar Gligoric—Yugoslav grandmaster and commentator on match
Bent Larsen—Danish grandmaster, defeated by Fischer in Candidates
James Slater—Multimillionaire British financier
Bob Wade—New Zealand international master, helped Fischer prepare
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS TO 1969
1886 Steinitz
1894 Lasker
1921 Capablanca
1927 Alekhine
1935 Euwe
1937 Alekhine
1948 Botvinnik
1957 Smyslov
1958 Botvinnik
1960 Tal
1961 Botvinnik
1963 Petrosian
1969 Spassky
ALSO BY DAVID EDMONDS AND JOHN EIDINOW
Wittgenstein’s Poker
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BOBBY FISCHER GOES TO WAR. Copyright © 2004 by David Edmonds and John Eidinow.
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