Bobby Fischer to be exhumed over paternity dispute

THE remains of former chess champion Bobby Fischer, who died two years ago in Iceland, will be dug up to settle a paternity claim, Iceland’s Supreme Court has ruled.

Bobby Fischer to be exhumed over paternity dispute

The court said tissue samples were needed to determine the paternity of Jinky Young, the Filipina daughter of Fischer’s former lover. It overturned a ruling by a lower court earlier this year denying the request.

“In order to obtain such a sample it is unavoidable to exhume his body,” a court document published this week said, without specifying when the remains would be dug up.

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