Sii wad qodobkan - Fischer wuxuu qorsheynayay inuu u ciyaaro Mareykanka Olombikada Lugano 1968
, laakiin dib ayuu u noqday markii uu arkay xaaladaha ciyaarta oo liita. Labadaba horyaalkii hore ee adduunka Tigran Petrosian iyo Belgian-American International Master George Koltanowski, hogaamiyaha kooxda Mareykanka sannadkaas, waxay dareemeen in Fischer uu xaq u leeyahay inuusan ka qeyb galin Olombikada. Sida laga soo xigtay Lombardy, ka qaybgalka Fischer ayaa sabab u ahaa diidmada Reshevsky ee ah inuu siiyo guddiga koowaad.