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- ↑ Catharine Fulto, "Iceland’s ties to Recluse Anti-Semitic Chess Grandmaster: New Bobby Fischer doc examines an unlikely friendship." Reykjavik Grapevine. August 5, 2009. Found at Reykjavik Grapevine website. Accessed February 20, 2010.
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