Actually, as I re-read this section, it seems like it does not apply
since Spassky was not representing "Serbia and Montenegro" but only
himself (or at best, France).

So it seems like the US will pin its hopes on saying Fischer was
exporting his "services", and Yugoslavia was profiting from Fischer's
name, as the letter from the Philippines US embassy stated.

Pretty weak case if you ask me.

RL

(raylopez99) wrote in message . com...
Thanks banana.

I think if "chess is a sport [or sporting event]" then Fischer would
run afoul of this section below.

But is "chess a sport"? OR is it an "art"?

Perhaps the FIDE drug testing decision is a negative precident for
Fischer, as FIDE appears to be trying to make chess a sport (as in
"chess olympics"). But under the First Amend of the US, perhaps chess
is more like a theatre performance? Art (or expression) not sport?

RL

(h) Any transaction in the United States or by a United States
person related to participation in sporting events in the United
States by persons or groups representing the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro);


banana wrote in message ...
It's been said that there's no online copy of Executive Order 12810.
Here's one, taken from

http://www.uhuh.com/laws/donncoll/eo/1992/EO12810.TXT:

[12810 was signed 5 June 1992]