Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Fischer ya shirya yin wasa ga Amurka a gasar Olympics ta Lugano ta 1968
, amma ya ja da baya lokacin da ya ga yanayin wasa mara kyau. Dukansu Tsohon Gwarzon Duniya Tigran Petrosian da Belgian-American International Master George Koltanowski, shugaban kungiyar Amurka a wannan shekarar, sun ji cewa Fischer ya cancanci kada ya shiga gasar Olympics. A cewar Lombardy, rashin halartar Fischer ya faru ne saboda ƙin yarda da Reshevsky ya ba da gudummawar farko.