Sponsor |  electronicmayhem | Jul 10, 2005 10:18pm | | I haven't heard mush about the guy in several years. Where does he live now? Anyone think the US will ever drop those stupid charges? |
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Sponsor | | Naruwan | Jul 11, 2005 1:00am | He's in Iceland after a protracted legal battle with US and Japanese authorities. It's quite a story. I recommend Chessbase.com for the full details.
And here's the Wikipedia entry for Bobby Fischer, 2004/5:
"Detention in 2004 and 2005
On July 13, 2004, Fischer was detained at Narita International Airport in Narita, Japan near Tokyo for allegedly using a revoked U.S. passport while trying to board a Japan Airlines flight to Ninoy Aquino International Airport near Manila, Philippines. Fischer used a genuine passport that the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland issued to him in 1997, but which was revoked in 2003. It has been reported that Fischer traveled frequently between Tokyo and Manila using his U.S. passport.
On August 24, Japan's Justice Minister rejected Fischer's appeal that he be allowed to remain in the country and ordered him deported. As of September 8, however, a Japanese court had granted him an injunction against the deportation order [5].
After being held in jail in Japan for several months he was rescued by an Icelandic team including his friend Saemi Rokk (famous Icelandic policeman and a rock and roll dancer). As of 2005 Fischer lives in Iceland and has an Icelandic citizenship."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer] |
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|  Exir | Feb 21, 2006 3:02am | | I really love Bobby Fisher's Chess games. Please behave yourself Bob :) |
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|  mage49 | May 14, 2007 6:20pm | | Correct on the Iceland as far as I've heard. He also travels to the Phillipines and or Manila from time to time. Some years back a web site was (is?) hosting supposed radio shows featurng Bobby Fisher unfortunately fake or not it's full of hate. He's still in theory wanted for breaking a US Embargo and he has supposedly renounced his heritage it's really quite sad and scary in many ways |
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| | danzbar | Jul 5, 6:33am | Just for the sake of having a more up-to-date thread...
Answer: R.I.P. |
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| | gnubby1 | Jul 10, 5:26am | | So I know I saw on the news a few months ago that he was found in south america, and im probably making this part up, but i thought feds were gonna try to extradite him... maybe not but that was a while ago. Anywho does the world championship still not have most of the top players? |
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