Saturday, January 29, 2011

Previously unpublished Fischer photos revealed !

How often do you get to say that with certainty ?

Chess journalist Cecil Rosner was in Reyjkavik in 1972 and snapped these - he recently found them in his archives.
Tournament Hall

 Fischer arriving, with bodyguard waiting


 And Cecil has mentioned  the Harry Benson collection in his column of January 29 :

http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/exhibit-features-previously-unseen-portraits-of-bobby-fischer-by-harry-benson/