Chess Legend Bobby Fischer Arrested

OK, this isn't exactly new news, it happened about a month ago. But its taken a few twists and turns along the way.

First, lets recap. Back in 1992, Bobby and Boris Spassky had a rematch of their famous 1972 battle. This was held in Yugoslavia. At the time, the USA had imposed sanctions against Yugoslavia, and as a result, issued a warrant for Fischer's arrest. He vanished for a long time, only to resurface in the Philippines after 9/11, to express his delight at the attack at the WTC attack. Not exactly endearing himself to Uncle Sam, then.

Anyway, he was recently arrested in Japan, attempting to travel on his apparently invalid USA passport. Appeals against his deportation are currently underway, although he is now attempting to renounce his US citizenship.

In a recent bizarre development, Boris Spassky has written to President Bush, asking that he too be arrested, and placed in Fischer's cell (along with a chess set).