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UPI Almanac for Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011.
Chess champ didn't father love child
Chess champ didn't father love child
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The late U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer wasn't the father of a 9-year-old Filipino girl named Jinky Young, a court in Iceland has been told.
Chess champ Fischer's body to be exhumed
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June 17 (UPI) -- An Icelandic court has ruled the body of chess champion Bobby Fischer can be exhumed to settle disputes over his estate, amid claims he fathered a love child.
'Bobby Fischer' bio-pic in the works
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. producer-director Damian Chapa is set to begin shooting his new Bobby Fischer bio-picture next month, Amadeus Pictures announced.
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UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.
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UPI Almanac for Sunday, March 9, 2008.
Chess legend Bobby Fischer dead at 64
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Bobby Fischer, a former world chess champion famous for a 1972 match against a Soviet champion, has died in Iceland after a long illness. He was 64.
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UPI Almanac for Monday, Nov. 5, 2007.
ABC sportscaster Bill Flemming dies
PETOSKEY, Mich., July 26 (UPI) -- Bill Flemming, an announcer on ABC's "Wide World of Sports" also known for his coverage of Olympics, college football and golf, died in Michigan at age 80.
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“ He wants to get on with his life. He's not interested in any more lawsuits, so that matter is over, dismissed, ”
Bobby Fischer drops suit against U.S.
United Press International
“ I am a kidnap victim of the Japanese government and they have kidnapped me at the behest of a corrupt, criminal U.S. regime, ”
Bobby Fischer calls jailing 'kidnapping'
United Press International
“ I am a kidnap victim of the Japanese government and they have kidnapped me at the behest of a corrupt, criminal U.S. regime, ”
Bobby Fischer says he's been kidnapped
United Press International
“ There is nothing legal about the cancellation of my entry visa to Japan and my exit visa to Japan. There was nothing legal about the total destruction of my passport, ”
Bobby Fischer says he's been kidnapped
United Press International
“ I no longer wish to be an American citizen. Enough is Enough. ”
Fischer renounces U.S. citizenship
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