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  • Bobby Fischer's longtime companion still angry over treatment of chess icon

    11/30/2006 12:05:36 PM PST · by LibWhacker · 90 replies · 2,703+ views
    Northwest Florida Daily News | AP ^ | 11/30/06 | Eric Talmadge
    DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Bobby Fischer is still living the quiet life in Iceland, the home he adopted after being held in Japanese custody for nearly a year. He still refuses to play chess, at least the version that everybody else plays. And he's still a wanted man, as far as the U.S. government is concerned. Beyond that, there are many things the world may never know about the reclusive chess icon, and Miyoko Watai, Fischer's longtime companion, says she isn't going to break the silence. "I prefer not to talk about private things," said Watai, who is in Qatar...