Narita, Japan
Japanese police arrested fugitive American chess champion Bobby Fischer last week as he was trying to board a flight to the Philippines. A grandmaster at age 15, Fischer became a Cold War hero when he defeated Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky in a series of games in 1972. A few years later, though, he lost the world championship and became a recluse. Now 61, he is wanted in the U.S. for traveling to Yugoslavia in 1992, in violation of an embargo. Fischer had gone there to play a rematch against Spassky, whom he beat again. Japanese authorities said they were planning to deport Fischer for traveling on an invalid passport.
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