Iceland Supreme Court orders exhumation of Fischer’s remains

THE Supreme Court of Iceland ruled yesterday in favor of exhuming the remains of the

late Bobby Fischer to carry out a biological DNA test whereby the genetic samples from

Bobby, his daughter, Jinky Young, and Jinky’s mother, Marilyn, would be matched.

Jinky’s lawyer, Samuel Estimo, announced that  the  said  decision reversed  an  earlier

ruling of the Reykjavik District Court denying Jinky’s request for the disinterment which

was opposed by Miyoko Watai ,who alleges to be the wife of Fischer, and the 2 nephews

of the chess legend.

The dispute over the estate left by Fischer consisting of  P140 million, gold deposits and

real estate  properties  in  Iceland will finally be settled after  the results of  the DNA tests will be known. The Iceland Supreme Court  will  issue shortly  the time and procedure of

the conduct of the exhumation.

Fischer died  of  renal failure in Iceland on January 17, 2008. The night before, he was

calling Marilyn but the latter failed to receive his call, only to find out the following  day

that he had already died, and was hastily buried.

In December last year, Marilyn, Jinky, lawyer Estimo and  GM Eugene Torre  went  to

Iceland and visited the tomb of Bobby.They hired an Icelandic lawyer, Thordur Bogason,

and went to the same hospital where Bobby  died  and  where  blood  samples of Marilyn  and Jinky were taken for DNA testing. But  there were no  DNA specimens preserved  at

the hospital, thus the move of Estimo and Bogason for exhumation was filed.

Earlier, the Supreme Court of Iceland had ruled that the alleged marriage of Miyoko Watai to Fischer was null and void, thus leaving the battle over the estate to Jinky  and

the Targ brothers

Marilyn, Jinky, Estimo and Torre, a witness in this probate case, will go to Iceland and

look after the exhumation and DNA proceedings.

BY: Marlon Bernardino