https://bobby-fischer-1972.blogspot.com/ Associated Press released a report stating BOTH sides had made such complaints and demands, but the double standard bias duly noted, whilst Fischer's 6'2" stature accounts for the chair. 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.