Monday, August 02, 2004

Searching For Bobby Fischer?  He's Locked Up In Japan Former students would know that I've used the film Searching for Bobby Fischer in my classes the last couple of years.  Has gone over pretty well, too, especially with those who had some familiarity with the game going in. Well, the real Bobby Fischer is in the news.  Turns out he's having deportation problems in Japan.  The US government is still ticked off that he played a chess match in Yugoslavia twelve years ago and wants Japan to send him back so he can be prosecuted for violating the economic sanctions that were in place at the time. Maybe it's just me, but it seems that the United States government should put more effort into finding, oh, I don't know -- Osama Bin Laden? -- than hunting down a 61 year old chess player who likes to keep to himself.  I mean, Bobby Fischer masterminded some chess games.  Bin Laden masterminded the deaths of thousands of Americans. Which is the more important use of our manpower and time? Related link: Bobby Fischer:  detailed life history 6:16:11 PM     |

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