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Japan Detains Ex-Chess Champ Bobby Fischer
ABC News ^
| July 16, 2004
Posted on 07/16/2004 7:46:09 AM PDT by NCjim
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Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, wanted since 1992 for playing a tournament in Yugoslavia despite U.N. sanctions And who says the U.N is not useful - here is a case where they've protected the world from rogue chess players.
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posted on
07/16/2004 7:46:09 AM PDT
by
NCjim
To: NCjim
And it's good to see that the federal gumshoes are hard at work tracking down such heinous monsters. He played chess in Yugoslavia in violation of U.N. sanctions??? Oh, the humanity!!!! Throw him in with Milosevic and lose the key!!!
To: NCjim
He's as crazy as a bedbug. Can we not pay the Japanese to keep him?
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posted on
07/16/2004 7:57:59 AM PDT
by
mrs. a
(It's a short life but a merry one...)
To: NCjim
>>>The sanctions were imposed on Yugoslavia for provoking warfare in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina. <<<
Another big fat guideline lie provided by the friendly media.
Sanctions were imposed after Bosnian Muslim government staged massacre of it's own citizens who were waiting for free bread. ('breadline massacre") in order to get international support for their breakaway republic.
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posted on
07/16/2004 7:58:41 AM PDT
by
DTA
To: NCjim
if a court case here, should be interesting
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posted on
07/16/2004 7:59:06 AM PDT
by
1234
(Border control or IMPEACHMENT)
To: 1234
if a court case here, should be interesting Who has jurisdiction?
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posted on
07/16/2004 8:18:14 AM PDT
by
balrog666
(A public service post.)
To: mrs. a
Maybe they can deport him to France.
To: NCjim
Fischer claimed it would bring the fun back into the game and rid it of cheats. How do you cheat at chess?
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posted on
07/16/2004 8:24:00 AM PDT
by
Ditto
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To: NCjim
I heard the recordings of the radio broadcasts from links right here at FR. He is FULL of hatred and contempt for the USA.....or just plain crazy.....or both.....probably both.
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posted on
07/16/2004 8:35:57 AM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(It translates as the Great, Big Salsa Dancer, nothing more. :-))
To: NCjim
launched a new version, "Fischerandom," a computerized shuffler that randomly distributes chess pieces on the back row of the chess board at the start of each game. Has anybody here tried "Fischerandom" chess?
To: Ditto
"How do you cheat at chess?"
Some top-rated players (International Masters and Grandmasters) have allegedly used computers to look up past games so they'll know what lines to play against someone...or what moves would be the best to make. Some chessbases have millions of games and these guys know the openings so well that they can play many moves into a game before getting "out of the book". Then they excuse themselves, go to their room, check the database, and come back to their ticking clock. Hard to prove, but supposedly done.
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posted on
07/16/2004 8:54:36 AM PDT
by
Maria S
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Hillary Clinton, 6/28/04)
To: NCjim
Darn it......why can't they send him someplace else. We don't want him here.
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posted on
07/16/2004 8:56:12 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(IF YOU CAN READ THIS, THANK A TEACHER.......AND SINCE IT'S IN ENGLISH, THANK A SOLDIER)
To: Maria S
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07/16/2004 9:08:29 AM PDT
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Ditto
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To: NCjim
Does Marthat Steward have a passport?
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posted on
07/16/2004 9:25:34 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(Ronald Reagan to Islamic Terrorism: YOU CAN RUN - BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE!)
To: ConfusedAndLovingIt
Yeah, I have. It's completely weird. All your strategy and tactics you have accumulated over the years are out the window.
I don't really know if I like it. Sort of a rape of the royal game.
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posted on
07/16/2004 9:37:59 AM PDT
by
drtom
To: NCjim
Meanwhile millions of illegal aliens continue to pour across our borders un-molested.
News at 11.
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posted on
07/16/2004 9:43:12 AM PDT
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: NCjim
..described Jews as "thieving, lying bastards." His mother was Jewish.
Does that make Fischer just a liar or a thief?
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posted on
07/16/2004 9:46:19 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Liberalism is the end result of too many people peeing in the gene pool.)
To: reagan_fanatic
It makes him Jewish.
And a total freakin' lunatic.
And a brilliant chess player.
Who's utterly and completely off his rocker.
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posted on
07/16/2004 9:48:33 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Ditto
"Is that really cheating?"
Not if you think it's O.K. to have an open book next to you during a semester final...so you can look up the answers. Or, in the case of a chess tournament, have a computer loaded with Chessbase next to you (why bother walking all the way back to your room or car?)
The point of the game is to match your wits (or abilities that come strictly from your head/memory) against those of your opponent. Best analogy I can think of is putting tracing paper over a famous painting, then claiming the resulting painting as your own...rather than painting just using your own abilities and what you've learned from teachers and practice.
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posted on
07/16/2004 10:18:13 AM PDT
by
Maria S
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Hillary Clinton, 6/28/04)
To: Maria S
Makes sense I quess. But what about football coaches looking at their scouting reports or photos of the other team's alignments during a game? Wouldn't that be similar?
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posted on
07/16/2004 10:50:22 AM PDT
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Ditto
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