Fri, 16 Jul 2004

Japan Detains Ex-Chess Champ Bobby Fischer (AP)

Gee - this is the guy (who was a childhood hero of mine, incidentially) who

...praised the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying America should be "wiped out," and described Jews as "thieving, lying bastards."

He'd become quite the little Nazi in the years following his classic championship match in 1972, and was wanted in the US for violating specific State Department (and United Nations) edicts regarding trade for appearing in Yugoslavia in 1992 to play a rematch with his old nemesis Boris Spassky. He won the match, but became a fugitive. What an idiot.

AP - Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, wanted since 1992 for playing a tournament in Yugoslavia despite U.N. sanctions, has been detained in Japan, clearing the way for his extradition to the United States.

(link) [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]

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