Fischer Off To Iceland: U.S. Chess Champion to Play in Leipzig Tourney Later

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New York Times, New York, New York, Friday, September 30, 1960

Fischer Off To Iceland
U.S. Chess Champion to Play in Leipzig Tourney Later
Bobby Fischer, the 17-year-old United States chess champion, left for Iceland last night. He is the only American invited to participate in that country's tournament celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of its national chess program.
The money for Fischer's passage was donated by Harvey Breit, the writer, through the People-to-People Chess Committee. After the Iceland tourney, Fischer will fly to Leipzig, East Germany, where he will play the first board on the United States Olympic team.