 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pa1967 Interzonal, yakaitirwa muSousse, Tunisia, Fischer akawana 8 12 mapoinzi mumitambo 10 yokutanga, kuti atungamirire munda. Kuchengeta kwake Sabata rezuva rechinomwe reChechi yeNyika yose yaMwari kwakaremekedzwa nevagadziri, asi kwakanyima Fischer mazuva mazhinji ekuzorora, izvo zvakatungamira mukukakavadzana kuronga, zvichikonzera kuti Fischer arasikirwe nemitambo miviri mukupokana uye gare gare abve, achizvidzivirira kubva mumutambo we1969 World Championship. Matambudziko okutaurirana nevagadziri vomunzvimbomo vakanga vasina ruzivo zvikuru akanga ariwo chinhu chinokosha, sezvo Fischer aiziva chiFrench zvishomanene uye varongi vakanga vane chiNgezi chakaganhurirwa zvikuru. Hapana munhu muTunisian chess akanga ane ruzivo rwokutanga achimhanya chiitiko chechimiro ichi. 