A memorial gathering and tournament was recently held in Reykjavík in remembrance of the eccentric American grandmaster Robert Fischer. Spassky, formerly Fischer’s rival, attended along with grandmasters Lombardy, Portisch, Benko, Hort and Friðrik Ólafsson. All knew and had befriended Fischer in spite of him being quite a difficult person at times.

Spassky held a speech at the service in the national Culture House and served as a judge at the tournament.

At the tournament he and grandmaster Lombardy also analyzed ongoing games of the tournament in a nice and friendly setting, while joking amongst themselves quite a lot :)