(CNN) -- The body of chess legend Bobby Fischer was exhumed Monday in Iceland, law enforcement officials have told CNN. His body was reburied shortly after DNA samples were taken, the officials said. Iceland's supreme court ruled last month in favor of a request by Jinky Young, Fischer's alleged daughter, to exhume his remains in order to settle a paternity question. Police in the Icelandic town of Selfoss, where Fischer is buried, say the alleged daughter is 9 years old. A doctor, a priest and other officials were present during the procedure, according to the police department in Selfoss. Fischer was 64 when he died in January 2008.
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Fischer's alleged daughter, Jinky Young, requested a DNA test
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His body was exhumed just long enough to take a DNA sample
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A doctor and a priest were among those present
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Fischer died in Iceland in 2008
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