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 need for personal 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.