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Fischer's passport ? to freedom?
08.03.2005 March 9th is Bobby Fischer's 62nd birthday. By chance a very
special gift has arrived in Japan for the former world champion: an
Icelandic passport with which he may be able to travel to freedom after
more than six months in a Japanese detention facility. We have
exclusive pictures of the new passport.


We received the following information from John Bosnitch of the
Committee to Free Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer has passport, ready to travel! The Committee to Free
Bobby Fischer is very pleased to announce that Bobby's lawyer, Masako
Suzuki, took possession of his new Icelandic passport at the Icelandic
embassy in Tokyo at shortly after 9:00 PM on March 7, 2005.

The Committee will address this critical development at its already
scheduled news conference at the Foreign correspondents' Club of Japan,
on the 20th floor of the Yurakucho Denki Building in Tokyo, starting at
4:00 PM on March 8, 2005. This conference is open and unrestricted.

Tomorrow, March 9th, will be Bobby Fischer's 62nd birthday. We have
already bought his present: a plane ticket. Free the King of Chess!
Free Bobby Fischer Now!

Einar S. Einarsson, Secretary of the RJF Committee in Iceland, also
wrote and sent us the following exclusive pictures from Japan.


Lawyer Masko Suzuki with Fischer's passport

On March 7th Bobby Fischer's s lawyer, Masko Suzuki, received his new
passport, which had been kept in the Icelandic Embassy here for more
than a week.


Fischer's Icelandic passport

On Tuesday morning Suzuki will notify the Directory of
Immigration/Ministry of Justice and the Director of the Detention
Center "Tourist Camp Lock-up" where the former world champion has been
imprisoned for almost eight months. Suzuki will demand Fischer's
immediate release and free travel permission.


Fischer's Japanese fianc=E9=A5=A0Miyoko Watai and his old buddy Saemi "Rock"
Palsson with the new passport

The Japanese authorities have known all the time of the existence of
Bobby's new Iceland passport, but did not respond as expected. Still
the game for Bobby?s freedom is not over, it may take some days more
before he can travel to Iceland.


Miyoko and Saemi, Fischer's dearest friends

His old friend Saei visited Bobby today. Tears were shed when the two
met after 33 years, separated by a glass window.


Members of Fischer's support team with the crucial document

By the way Bobby sends his best birthday wishes to Bent Larsen, who
turned 70 a few days ago. He spoke highly of Larsen, whom he respects
more than many other GMs.



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Previous ChessBase articles
Fischer receives an Icelandic passport
2/23/2005 Immigration authorities in Iceland have decided to issue full
travel documents for former world champion Bobby Fischer, who is being
held in Japanese detention for not possessing a valid passport.
Fischer's new passport will be sent to Japan by diplomatic mail, and a
delegation is traveling there to escort him to Iceland.
Fischer's lawyer Masako Suzuki speaks out
02.02.2005 Is Japan buckling under pressure by the US? Bobby Fischer,
61, former World Champion of Chess who has been jailed in Japan for six
months now, is applying for Icelandic citizenship. But Tokyo seems to
be balking at a constructive solution entailing his release to Iceland.
Fischer's lawyer Masako Suzuki has given us an exclusive interview.
Bobby Fischer applies for Icelandic Citizenship
25.01.2005 After the Japanese authorities last week refused Fischer's
request to be extradited to Iceland the chess legend, who is being held
in a Japanese detention facility, has today written to the President of
the Icelandic Althingi (picture), applying for Icelandic citizenship. A
special law would have to be passed to grant Fischer's request.



Bobby Fischer ? immigration plans on ice
22.01.2005 His supporters filed a petition that Fischer might be
released from detention in a Tokyo jail and allowed to travel to
Iceland, where he has been granted refuge. But Japanese Justice
Ministry lawyers said they were not prepared to change Fischer's
deportation destination to Iceland, and that he would have to remain in
detention. A harsh blow for the chess legend.



Bobby Fischer ? six months in jail
1/17/2005 On July 13, 2004 he was arrested at Narita Airport in Tokyo,
for attempting to leave the country on an invalidated. Since then the
greatest hero of Western chess has been languishing in a Japanese
detention facility, now physically exhausted and suffering from dizzy
spells. His Icelandic friends, who are offering him refuge, have
launched another appeal to the authorities.



US threatens Iceland, Fischer Committee appeals
22.12.2004 Iceland is under US pressure to drop plans to offer a home
to fugitive former chess champion Bobby Fischer, the Reuters news
agency tells us. But the Icelandic government has stated that its offer
"will not be withdrawn despite pressure from the United States." How do
we know that? Among other things we read it in Aljazeera, would you
believe? Here's the latest on this international confrontation.



RJF Committee mobilizes pro-Fischer forces
18.12.2004 While Bobby Fischer remains incarcerated in a Japanese
prison a special committee in Iceland is moving to get him free and
find him a home on the North-Atlantic island country. Iceland's foreign
minister and a prominent political scientist have spoken out. Here's a
report on Fischer's Iceland Connection...
Fischer to get refuge in Iceland?
12/16/2004 The news today on Bobby Fischer, who is currently being held
in a Japanese detention facilities pending extradition to the US, is
that the Icelandic government has offered to grant him a residence
permit. In a telephone interview Fischer speaks about his plight in
Japan and reacts to statements by Garry Kasparov on Fischer Random
Chess. Full details...
Returning to the 'scene of the crime'
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Fischer in Yugoslavia. That got Fischer into a lot of trouble, while
for Spassky, a French citizen, there were no repercussions. Now the
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Trophy. Quick interview...
Fischer to Bush and Koizumi: 'You are going to pay for this!'
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again in an interview, this time threatening the Japanese Prime
Minister Koizumi and US President Bush: "You are going to pay for this,
and you are going to pay for your crimes in Iraq too." His new lawyer,
Richard J. Vattuone, plans to release documents to prove US government
involvement in a plot against Fischer.
'We want to live together forever'
01.09.2004 She collected pictures of her chess hero after his match
with Boris Spassky in 1972. One year later they met in Tokyo ? the
start of a romance spanning decades. Since four years the two have
lived together in downtown Kamata in Tokyo's Ota Ward. In an exclusive
interview for ChessBase Miyoko Watai tells us the story of her life
with Bobby Fischer.
Listen to Bobby Fischer
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lengthy interviews. Fischer is facing deportation and incarceration in
the US, and voices his nightmare fears: "I will be tried, convicted,
sentenced, imprisoned, tortured and murdered." We have summary
transcripts and audio files.
Dramatic moments around Fischer's deportation
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deportation order against former world champion Bobby Fischer's, then
Fischer's lawyers filed a lightning appeal on the grounds that physical
deportation would be a flagrant violation of Fischer's right to full
legal recourse and protection under Japanese law. Here's the full story
by Fischer's legal coordinator.
'Bobby Fischer and I have decided to marry'
17.08.2004 Bobby Fischer, the former world chess champion, plans to
marry the president of the Japan Chess Association (and four-time
Japanese women's champion) Miyoko Watai. This was reported in
newspapers and wire services last night. Now Watai-san has sent us a
statement explaining the background of her personal relationship with
Fischer.
Fischer renounces US citizenship
15.08.2004 Bobby Fischer has been moved to a new detention facility in
Tokyo, pending a decision on his deportation to the US, where he faces
a 10-year jail sentence. A lot of new material has surfaced, including
Fischer's handwritten renouncement of his US citizenship and a
blow-by-blow description and picture of his arrest at Narita Airport.
Harrowing stuff...
Spassky to Bush: Arrest me!
10.08.2004 Boris Spassky, who played the contentious return match
against Bobby Fischer in Yugoslavia 1992, for which the latter is
currently facing deportation and incarceration in the US, has appealed
to President Bush to show mercy and charity for his tormented
successor. If for some reason that should be impossible, Spassky
suggests a very imaginative alternative...
Fischer's appeal rejected
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today by Japanese authorities. Meanwhile the Icelandic Chess Federation
has appealed to US president Bush to pardon Fischer and set up a
petition web site to collect signatures. In Tokyo a "Free Fischer Press
Conference" is scheduled for Thursday. More...
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for playing election year politics with the former chess champion's
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Game of Life: Kasparov on Fischer - in full
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Garry Kasparov, who was in a holiday camp working intensely on the
games of his greatest American predecessor. In today's issue of The
Wall Street Journal Kasparov assesses Fischer's chess career ? for a
public that was being exposed to his current situation. We now bring
you Kasparov's full article.
Will Fischer be extradited?
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in the detention facilities of Narita Airport in Tokyo, waiting for a
decision by Japanese Immigration authorities on his deportation to the
US. We have collected all the documents and reconstructed a timeline to
his arrest. Fischer, who has no legal counsel, is appealing for
international assistance.