Chess genius Fischer laid to rest in Iceland

Reclusive chess genius Bobby Fischer was buried today in a private ceremony at a churchyard in southern Iceland, a television station reported.

Reclusive chess genius Bobby Fischer was buried today in a private ceremony at a churchyard in southern Iceland, a television station reported.

Fischer, who died of kidney failure on Thursday at the age of 64, was interred at Laugardalur church outside the town of Selfoss, the parish priest, the Rev Kristinn Agust Fridfinnssonsaid.

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