Guest diggity Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/1...apan/index.html Chess champ Fischer held in Japan TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has been detained by immigration authorities in Japan. Fischer, 61, is wanted in the United States for attending a 1992 chess match in Yugoslavia in violation of international sanctions imposed during the Balkan wars. He was stopped at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on Tuesday in connection with Japanese immigration officials told CNN. Friday's Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported that officials were preparing to deport Fischer to the United States. The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said it was aware Fischer had been detained but declined to comment further. Fischer became a chess grandmaster at age 15 and was considered something of a Cold War hero when he outplayed Russian Boris Spassky to win the world title in 1972. He was world champion until 1975 when he forfeited the title and withdrew from the tournament because conditions he demanded proved unacceptable to the International Chess Federation. Since then, he virtually disappeared, living in secret outside the United States and dodging authorities. He has become known for expressing extremist political viewpoints and anti-Semitic sentiments. However he emerged in 1992 to play Spassky in a highly publicized match in Yugoslavia. Fischer won that competition 10-5 and pocketed a prize of $3.35 million. But the U.S. government accused him of violating U.N. sanctions against Yugoslavia by playing the match there. Those sanctions were in place for provoking warfare in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sneak Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 wait, so he got arrested for going to a chess match?? id always hoped chess would become illegal but still thats pushing it"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekro Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Apparently he strictly plays randomfischer chess now. Anyone remember the movie about this guy "waiting for bobby fischer" or whatever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dusty Lipschitz Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 i have heard he pops up from time to time online to play... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekro Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Fischerandom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pilau Hands Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 i remember that movie. i enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest beardo Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 ridiculous shit like this makes me really happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarzAbove Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 :lol: wow really dumbass stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyLazy Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 The search is over indeed. Now I don't know what movie to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WebsterUno Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 *believe* to gangsta for tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 he'd never take out kasparov anyway... well, maybe these days, the way kaspy always blunders in the end. but he'd have trouble in tournament play. he's too aggressive to compete w/ everyone that just goes for the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 What's the fine for that, like $14? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyeforAnEYE Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Stalemate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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