Bobby Fischer games, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. His book "My 60 Memorable Games", published in 1969, is regarded as a classic work of chess literature. He won the 1970 Interzonal Tournament by a record 3½-point margin, and won 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6–0 sweeps, in the Candidates Matches. In July 1971, he became the first official FIDE number-one-rated player. Fischer won the World Chess Championship in 1972, defeating Boris Spassky of the USSR, in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, it attracted more
Bobby Fischer Center Club of Selfoss and Vicinity" to play and learn about chess. In addition, the building is a venue for chess exhibitions and presentations. Fischer´s grave site is at Laugardælir cemetery ( ), a few hundred metres away from the Bobby Fischer Center. Bobby Fischer Center The Bobby Fischer Center (Icelandic: "Fischersetur") is a small non-profit biographical museum housing memorabilia of the 1972 World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer. The museum is located in Selfoss, Iceland. The Bobby Fischer Centre have on display photos, the scoresheets, a printout for the radiation measurements demanded by Boris Spassky´s delegation after the 17th game and