(2)Chess legend Bobby Fischer released, to leave for Iceland

(2)Chess legend Bobby Fischer released, to leave for Iceland

USHIKU, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer prepares to leave Narita airport for Iceland on March 24 after being released from an immigration control center in Ibaraki Prefecture earlier in the day. Japan allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation.

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