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Article: Chess genius in jail.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- August 17, 2004
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Byline: Romeo V. Pefianco
(Editors note: Chess genius Bobby Fischer is now detained somewhere in Japan. Cited here is a small passport problem.)
BOBBY Fischer knows only one work, trade or profession, chess, like some of our politicians who know only pork barrel as a great cause for winning elections.
Its different in the case of Bobby who has been in detention in an undisclosed jail in Japan for weeks now. What caused his detention? For sure Bobby is harmless and without a gun. His only weapon is a chessboard and its characters.
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