A“Luxury hotel suites usually offer bigger windows, larger wardrobes, more spacious seats (couches, sofas), more space in the bathroom (larger bathtub, huge walk-in showers) and go on. The size difference is also discoverable in the outside part of the suites.”
“Though Fischer wanted to play in New York(?) ([WRONG! Both Fischer and Spassky knew their home countries; New York and Moscow, were out of the question and even Fischer said he would NOT want to play in Brooklyn,]) he agreed to Iceland ([under protest.]) This has been presented as a concession by Fischer's entourage. He agreed to come to Iceland, but he refused to move in with the Chinese. ([GET THAT… MOVE IN WITH THE CHINESE!!! Did anyone ask the Chinese how they felt about the Icelandic Chess Federation being so cheap and stingy, having Fischer's American entourage forced into their suite, and burdened upon them?!]) Allocated a $63-a-day suite in Reykjavik's biggest hotel, Fischer boycotted the place because the newly arrived Chinese diplomatic representation was staying there. He stayed in a villa on the edge of town until the Chinese moved out."
In other words, plain English, Bobby Fischer waited patiently for the suite to become vacant, then he politely accepted the space for his entourage which is entirely the NORMAL way things are done in civilized countries.
Unbelievable Inhospitality from Reykjavik 11 Jul 1972, Tue Newsday (Suffolk Edition) (Melville, New York) Newspapers.com
I asked my daughter, if she were participating in an international Anime team convention and under the belief the host country would put her American team into their own quarters, but upon arrival informed they're putting her team in a “suite” to “live with” business men from a foreign country? After some thought, she replied, “I would leave.”
How's that for another American Fischer?!
