Japan Detains Bobby Fischer

Áine on July 16th, 2004 filed in General

chess.pngimages/chess.png” width=”97″ height=”97″ border=”0″ />Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, wanted since 1992 for playing a tournament in Yugoslavia despite U.N. sanctions, was detained at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport in Japan for an apparent passport violation and will be deported to the United States. Fischer became a Cold War hero in 1972 when he defeated Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union to become the first American world chess champion. He forfeited the title in 1975, and resurfaced for a dramatic rematch against Spassky in Yugoslavia in 1992, beating him 10-5 to win $3.35 million. U.S. authorities accused him of violating U.N. sanctions imposed against Yugoslavia by playing the match. The sanctions were imposed on Yugoslavia for provoking warfare in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina. [Source : AP @ ABCNews]

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