Fischer still in the game
A while back, I posted about how Bobby Fischer had been arrested in Japan and was slated to be deported to the U.S.
After holding him eight months, Japan ultimately released him to Iceland, which, despite having an extradition treaty with the U.S., granted him citizenship for this purpose, grateful for the notoriety that Fischer’s 1972 chess championship match in Reykjavik brought them.
Fischer is wanted in the U.S. for defying sanctions against Yugoslavia by playing a match there in 1992. Ironically, his opponent at the match, Boris Spassky, has subsequently visited the U.S. without incident.
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