https://bobby-fischer-1972.blogspot.com/ On the same day, 07/11/1972 the AP released a report stating BOTH sides had made such complaints and demands, but the double standard bias duly noted. Iceland was staunchly Anti-American in its policies some of which limited, even banned African Americans. The Anti-Americanism is the "why" Soviet Union chose this racist haven for the 1972 match to demoralize Fischer with such one-sided bias.