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Article: Chess master Bobby Fischer detained in Japan.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2004
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Byline: Charles Leroux
Jul. 18--In a life marked by moves every bit as bold and bizarre as those he made in matches, chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer, 61, seems finally about to be checkmated.
In exile, on the run and subject to U.S. arrest for the past 12 years, Fischer was taken into custody before boarding a flight to the Philippines from Narita airport outside Tokyo earlier this week. Though Japanese immigration officials made the arrest, it came at the urging of U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement.
Fischer now is fighting extradition to the United States to face a charge that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a ...