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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Angus on December 15, 2004, 06:17:06 PM
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Bobby Fisher is getting out of jail, finally.
Being on the Wanted list by the U.S. Fisher was arrested and brought to jail in Japan, I think when his residence permit expired.
With nowhere to go, he's been in jail for months now.
Oh, what did he do wrong? Well, he played chess in the wrong country (Jugoslavia) while the country was under a business ban or something alike.
That chessgame, by the way was a rematch with former world champion, Boris Spassky, who's world championship ended in a very historical match in the middle of the cold war, 1972.
The place back then was Reykjavik Iceland, and that's where he's going. Little Iceland has offered him residence.
Well, one day I'm at least I'm happy with my government.
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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HE GAVE AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY BY PLAYING CHESS WITH THEM !!!!! HANG HIM THEN CUT HIS HEAD OFF THEN ELECTROCUTE HIM!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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I think its time for your pill, SOB...
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play chess, dont war... err or something similar!
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Originally posted by oboe
I think its time for your pill, SOB...
The leprechaun said he'd make me start burning things again if I took my pills!
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They never mean it though.
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Yawn..... Bobby performed how many matches in the last 30 years? The guy cant even hold a decent job other than playing games! And he even refuses to play games most of the time!
Sounds like iceland has a new deadbeat to feed...
But he will blame his inability to cope with life and chess on the USA, and all the stalkers will buy into it...
Whatever...
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Bobby Fischer and my grandfather were good friends back in Jugoslavia so its all our family's fault...
:lol
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I liked the movie...
Tronsky
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(http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/12/16/fischer_narrowweb__200x254.jpg)
Just so icelanders know who to hide from when he walks down the street talking to himself...
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He isn't out of jail or the woods, yet. He may still be deported to the U.S. since he is still a citizen, has a warrant issued for his arrest and an extradition treaty does exist between Japan and the U.S.
He would face a maximum 10 years in prison if deported and arrested at the point of entry.
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whoopee chess players will be the end of us all.
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December 9, 2004
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — A 16-year-old boy has won the U.S. Chess Championship, making him the youngest player to claim the title since 14-year-old Bobby Fischer won it in 1958.
Hikaru Nakamura of White Plains, N.Y., won the $25,000 prize Monday after beating Alex Stripunsky, 34, of Rego Park, N.Y., in two overtime matches. The 11-day tournament in San Diego began with a field of 65 competitors.
Nakamura, who was born in Japan, was taught chess by his stepfather and began playing competitively at age 7. A little more than two years later, he qualified as an American master. Nakamura became an American grandmaster last year, eclipsing by a few months Fischer's record of attaining grandmaster status at age 15.
"Basically everything has been a blur," he said.
He is tutored at home by his mother. He said school would take too much time from chess.
His heroes are former chess champion Boris Spassky and Fischer. He said he didn't see himself as the next Fischer, the enigmatic and brilliant player who beat Spassky to win the world title in 1972.
"No, I think I'm a little bit more sane," he said.
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Hehe, poor Bobby is a bit weird. Well, he has a mental problem.
But that jail thing was IMHO quite over the top. Sometimes the US just have no consistency at all, "Thou shalt not play chess on this side of the border" There are many people filling the headlines today that should be in jail before Bobby.
I think the US today are not quite understanding 2 things.
1. What Bobby did in 1972 was very very big. This young mastermind knocked down the Sovied chess empire with a crushing defeat.
2. He may have been the best chess player of all times at his peak.
BTW he won his rematch with Spassky. Sad that he had to do it in the wrong place though. Would have been fine to play the game in AFGHANISTAN at the time instead
:D
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Why does the US government want to arrest him? What'd he do?
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Originally posted by TheDudeDVant
Why does the US government want to arrest him? What'd he do?
Yah, good question DoodD-. I' dont understand how playing chess with another country can be cause for arrest...?
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He played chess with his former opponent from 1972, when he for behalf of the US took the world championship.
His error was to play the match within a country who had some business restrictions from the behalf of the US or whatever.
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Originally posted by Angus
He played chess with his former opponent from 1972, when he for behalf of the US took the world championship.
His error was to play the match within a country who had some business restrictions from the behalf of the US or whatever.
So who is after him? The US or the country he played chess in?
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The mighty USA ...
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lol Swell...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer
good read.....
I like Fischer Random Chess (alot better than seeing e4 opening and the sicilian defense every other game...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_Random_Chess
he ran afoul when he praised 9/11 ...... imo.. not Yugo..
DoctorYo
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Ahh, news covered so far:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4102367.stm
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Angus, what do you think should happen to people who blatantly ignore, then break the law....in this case violating international sanctions against Yugoslavia?
I understand that you feel this is the most exciting thing that ever happened in Iceland, but that does not take away from the fact that Bobby Fischer broke the law.
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He played a chessmatch in 1992, on the wrong side of a border by UN definition, thereby violating some term of a business prohibition.
No other parttakers, such as his opponent got sued.
What a terrible crime!!!!
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He violated international sanctions against Yugoslavia, and he made about 3 million dollars.
So yeah, he broke the law....weather he played a chess match for profit or made some other business transaction does not matter.
What do you suppose sactions are put in place for? Maybe they are just a general guidline and can be circumvented as needed by anyone who wants to make money.
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Bobby Fisher = Bauernopfer der USA
lol no OBL, but hey we get the bastard Fisher !
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Originally posted by NUKE
What do you suppose sactions are put in place for?
hm let me guess, prohibiting playing world class chess ?
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Originally posted by Gh0stFT
hm let me guess, prohibiting playing world class chess ?
you really have no clue do you? Playing chess is not what he is wanted for...pretty simple to figure out I'd think.
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"What do you suppose sactions are put in place for? Maybe they are just a general guidline and can be circumvented as needed by anyone who wants to make money."
He could have done it anywhere else in the world. So it was his mistake.
But still, come on. The mighty US stalking their own former national hero for playing chess.
It's just so bloody pathetically silly.
Oh, maybe he's a WMD, never thought of that :D
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LOL....Slow news day up there Angus? There's a few more we would like to dump that look just like him. Ever heard of Michael Moore?
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Hehe.
Tough times for a nation that cannot bear being critisized.
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Originally posted by Angus
Hehe.
Tough times for a nation that cannot bear being critisized.
Not at all Anus...just found it ironic to get news about an irrelevant checker player moveing to an icecube.
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heh thats mature :aok
Oh almost forgot.
We all know why Fischer is wanted.:cool: