Endgame for king of chess, after 12 years on the run

[Gregorian]

A chilling article on Bobby Fischer, on several levels.


http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,10488,1263334,00.html

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Fischer, 61, was detained at Narita international airport on Tuesday as he prepared to board a flight to the Philippines, though his detention was made public yesterday. He faces deportation to America.

The US government has been trying to corner the chess legend since 1992, when he took part in a match - a rerun of his 1972 clash with the former Russian world champion Boris Spassky - in Yugoslavia in violation of UN sanctions
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In a live interview on Filipino radio, he celebrated the news of the tumbling of the twin towers.

"This is all wonderful news," he raved. "I applaud the act. The US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them. Nobody gave a shit. Now it's coming back to the US. Fuck the US. I want to see the US wiped out. Death to the US."

Fischer has a penchant for radio rage, and Filipino radio is his medium of choice.

"America is totally under the control of the Jews," he said in a 1999 interview with a radio station in Baguio city. "I mean, look what they're doing now in Yugoslavia."

In chess circles a frequently asked question is: "Is Fischer mad?" And this may indeed become an issue for the US courts if he is deported.

[Wonk]

1. Here's a link to a big GD thread on this already

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2002340&mesg_id=2002340

[lazarus]

2. and also

a link to the LBN thread from earlier.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=689254