Bobby Fischer Exhumed

Bobby Fischer

Icelandic authorities exhumed the body of chess master Bobby Fischer this morning, following the orders of a Supreme Court ruling to settle a paternity case.

As previously reported, Filipina Marilyn Young claims Fischer is the father of her child, 9-year-old Jinky. Young is laying claim to Fischer’s US $2 million dollar estate, to which he left no will.

Icelandic law states that the children of the deceased can claim two-thirds of an estate if there is no will.

A tent was placed over the gravesite while the exhumation took place. Present were a doctor, a priest and the local sheriff, Ólafur Helgi Kjartansson. Fischer was reburied after DNA samples were taken, according to Kjartansson.

Iceland Review reports that visits to Fischer’s grave in Selfoss increased after news broke that his body was going to be exhumed.

“The Supreme Court’s ruling has been fulfilled,” Kjartansson later told reporters.

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