This is great news. Bobby Fischer has finally been released from detention in Japan, after EIGHT MONTHS, and has landed in the country that has granted him citizenship.
Don't you think the US government would have better things to do than to chase someone whose only crime has been playing chess?
My recent posts about chess brought at least one chess playing blogger out of the closet - Tony Goodson, Melbourne training guru. So tonight TG and I had a quick 10 minute game on Yahoo. The results? Well let's just say, it was very close and he did himself proud.
Title: TG v CR #1
White: tgtips40
Black: cameronreilly
Date: Sun Dec 19 11:31:37 GMT 2004
1. d2-d4 d7-d5
2. g1-f3 f7-f6
3. e2-e3 b8-c6
4. c2-c4 e7-e5
5. c4xd5 d8xd5
6. b1-c3 f8-b4
7. a2-a3 b4xc3+
8. b2xc3 e5-e4
9. f3-d2 d5-a5
10. f1-e2 c8-f5
11. d1-b3 a5-b6
12. a1-b1 b6xb3
13. b1xb3 o-o-o
14. o-o g8-e7
15. c3-c4 c6-a5
16. b3-b2 g7-g5
17. c4-c5 h7-h5
18. d2-b3 a5xb3
19. b2xb3 g5-g4
20. c1-d2 h5-h4
21. f1-b1 b7-b6
22. c5xb6 a7xb6
23. d2-a5 b6xa5
24. b3-b8+ c8-d7
25. e2-b5+ e7-c6
26. b5xc6+ d7xc6
27. b1-c1+ c6-d7
28. b8-b5 g4-g3
29. b5xf5 g3xh2+
30. g1xh2 h4-h3
31. g2-g3 d8-b8
32. f5-d5+ d7-c8
33. d5-c5 b8-b7
34. c5xa5 b7-b2
35. a5-a8+ b2-b8
36. a8xb8+ c8xb8
37. c1-b1+ b8-c8
38. a3-a4 c8-d7
39. a4-a5 h8-a8
40. b1-a1 a8-a6
41. a1-a4 d7-d6
42. h2xh3 c7-c5
43. h3-g4 c5xd4
White loses on time.
Result: 0-1
Perhaps the greatest chess player in history, certainly the most controversial chess player of the 20th century, Bobby Fischer has been in custody in Japan for the last six months, fighting deportation to the US. Why? Fischer is accused of violating US sanctions when he played a rematch in Yugoslavia in 1992 against longtime rival and 10th World Champion Boris Spassky. During this re-match of the 1972 World Championship, Fischer won and took home $3.5 million in prize money. Fischer's been trying to renounce his American citizenship for years and has been a man without a country for over a decade. Last night, Iceland (where the 1972 World Championship was played) granted Fischer a residency. He still has some challenges getting out of prison in Japan, but I, for one, would love to see him a free man again. I was 2 years old when Bobby became the 11th World Champion and his games are still a source of inspiration for me and as beautiful as any great artwork. Check out this game he played against Donald Byrne when he was 13 YEARS OLD.
I narrowly won a close game tonight on Playchess: Noumenon (1390) - Zambry (1354) [C11] Rated game, 10m + 0s Main Playing Hall, 13.12.2004 1.e2-e4 e7-e6 2.d2-d4 d7-d5 3.Nb1–c3 Ng8-f6 4.e4-e5 Nf6-d7 5.Ng1–f3 c7-c5 6.Bf1–b5 Qd8-b6 7.0–0 Nb8-c6 8.Bb5xc6 b7xc6 9.b2-b3 c5xd4 10.Nf3xd4 Nd7xe5 11.Bc1–e3 c6-c5 12.Nc3-a4 Qb6-d8 13.Nd4-f3 Ne5xf3+ 14.Qd1xf3 Bc8-a6 15.Rf1–d1 d5-d4 16.Qf3-c6+ Ke8-e7 17.Qc6xa6 Qd8-c7 18.Be3-g5+ f7-f6 19.Bg5-h4 g7-g5 20.Bh4-g3 e6-e5 21.Rd1–e1 Bf8-g7 22.Qa6-c4 Qc7-c6 23.f2-f4 g5xf4 24.Bg3-h4 Ra8-c8 25.g2-g4 f4xg3 26.Bh4xg3 Rh8-g8 27.Kg1–f1 Bg7-h6 28.Re1xe5+ f6xe5 29.Ra1–e1 Qc6-f3+ 30.Kf1–g1 Bh6-e3+ 31.Re1xe3 Qf3xe3+ 32.Kg1–f1 Qe3-f3+ 33.Kf1–g1 Qf3-e3+ 34.Kg1–f1 Rc8-f8+ 35.Kf1–g2 Qe3-f3+ 36.Kg2-h3 Qf3-h5+ 37.Kh3-g2 Rg8xg3+ 38.h2xg3 . 38...Qh5-e2+ 39.Qc4xe2 1–0
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