Much ado about nothing
Yahoo News - Japan Issues Order to Deport Ex-Chess Champ Fischer
This is an update news article related to an ealier post about chess world champion Bobby Fischer seeking political asylum in Japan in order to avoid charges of playing a chess match with Boris Spassky during a US embargo on visiting Yugoslavia.
It looks like Bobby is going to be deported to the US. in what appears to be a cold war time warp or Dame justice balancing old accounts.
The deep question is:
Should sportsman, chess is an Olympic sport, take into account political foreign policy of the moment when accepting or refusing international matches and sports encounters?
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