As I suspected, Bobby Fischer was grabbed at Narita airport in Tokyo
when he was on his way to Baguio in the Philippines to take part in a
radio talk show.

I wonder how widely this will be reported.

The following article is from:

http://www.inq7.net/brk/2004/jul/18/brkoth_1-1.htm:

***BEGIN ARTICLE***

FORMER WORLD CHESS CHAMP
FISCHER ON WAY TO BAGUIO WHEN NABBED IN JAPAN

Posted: 11:47 AM (Manila Time) | Jul. 18, 2004
By Vincent Cabreza
Inquirer News Service

BAGUIO CITY -- Bobby Fischer, the reclusive former world chess champion,
was on his way to this city to resume a radio talk show he hosted two
years ago over a local station when he was held by Japanese immigration
officials on Wednesday, the Inquirer learned on Saturday.

Pablo Mercado, Baguio station manager of Bombo Radyo Philippines, said
Fischer sent him an e-mail announcing his return.

But the grandmaster was detained by immigration officials at the Narita
International Airport. "He stays in Japan," Mercado said.

Fischer was a frequent Baguio visitor, and had been given special prime
time coverage by Mercado to discuss his self-imposed exile from the
United States.

"Maybe the US finally decided to have him extradited, so it's possible
they pulled strings among their political allies like Japan and the
Philippines. He was very passionate about the evils of America," Mercado
said.

The Department of Foreign Affairs said Fischer was never on its watch
list. A check by the Inquirer with both the DFA Ilocos office in La
Union province and its hotline in Manila said they were never alerted by
US Embassy officials about Fischer's Baguio visits.

Mercado said Fischer's relative obscurity in Baguio was convenient.
Fischer discovered the city through his friend and confidant, Eugene
Torre, the Baguio-based Filipino grandmaster and president of the
National Chess Federation of the Philippines.

Mercado said Fischer was also drawn to Baguio because it was celebrated
for hosting the world chess championship match between Anatoli Karpov
and Viktor Korchnoi at the Baguio Convention Center in 1978.

During an Inquirer interview that was aired live over Bombo Radyo in
2001, Fischer often made anti-Semitic references when speaking about
American Jews who were "destroying the world."

He criticized the American government for fueling a conspiracy to
defraud and discredit him.

In the same broadcasts, Fischer frequently discussed a chess game he
invented, which he called the Fischer Random. He claimed that US
businessmen wanted to steal his invention.

"He actually said he was glad when 9/11 (the terror attacks in the
United States on Sept. 11, 2001) occurred because he believed the US
needed the kick in the pants," Mercado said.

He said Fischer made five live broadcasts that lasted for three hours
since Torre hooked him up with Bombo Radyo in 2000. Fischer recorded all
of these broadcasts on compact discs, which he sent to Mercado.

"We hope he makes it back to Baguio. We know he felt safe here," Mercado
said.

***END ARTICLE***

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BAGUIO CITY -- Bobby Fischer, the reclusive former world chess champion,
was on his way to this city to resume a radio talk show he hosted two
years ago.

Is this in the same way that he resumed his match with Spassky in 1992?