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

NARITA, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer prepares to leave Narita airport for Iceland on March 24. Japan released him earlier in the day and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation.

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

NARITA, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer is surrounded by reporters at Narita airport on March 24 before leaving for Iceland. Japan released him earlier in the day and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation.

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

NARITA, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer is surrounded by reporters at Narita airport on March 24. Japan released him earlier in the day and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation.

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

NARITA, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer responds to questions from reporters at Narita airport on March 24. Japan released him earlier in the day and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation.

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(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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Chess legend Bobby Fischer released, to leave for Iceland

USHIKU, Japan - Japan released American chess legend Bobby Fischer (front) from an immigration control center in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 24 and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention over an alleged passport violation and a fight against deportation to the United States.

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Watai speaks about former chess champion Fischer

TOKYO, Japan - Miyoko Watai, acting president of the Japan Chess Association, speaks about her decision to marry former world chess champion Bobby Fischer at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 19. Fischer, 61, has been held in a Japanese detention center since July after being taken into custody at Narita airport because he had what U.S. officials say was an invalid passport.

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Chess icon Fischer says U.S. citizen no more

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Suzuki (C), a lawyer for former world chess champion Bobby Fischer looks to John Bosnitch (R), representative of the committee to free Bobby Fischer, during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6. At left is miyako Watai, president of Japan Chess Association. Suzuki said Fischer, currently fighting Japanese and U.S. authorities who accuse him of traveling with an invalid passport, wants to renounce his U.S. citizenship and took his case to court the same day.

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Watai speaks about former chess champion Fischer

TOKYO, Japan - Miyoko Watai, acting president of the Japan Chess Association, speaks about her decision to marry former world chess champion Bobby Fischer at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 19. Fischer, 61, has been held in a Japanese detention center since July after being taken into custody at Narita airport because he had what U.S. officials say was an invalid passport. (Kyodo)

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

NARITA, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer responds to questions from reporters at Narita airport on March 24. Japan released him earlier in the day and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation. (Kyodo)

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(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. (Kyodo)

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

NARITA, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer is surrounded by reporters at Narita airport on March 24. Japan released him earlier in the day and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation. (Kyodo)

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

NARITA, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer prepares to leave Narita airport for Iceland on March 24. Japan released him earlier in the day and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation. (Kyodo)

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

NARITA, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer is surrounded by reporters at Narita airport on March 24 before leaving for Iceland. Japan released him earlier in the day and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation. (Kyodo)

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Chess legend Bobby Fischer released, to leave for Iceland

USHIKU, Japan - Japan released American chess legend Bobby Fischer (front) from an immigration control center in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 24 and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention over an alleged passport violation and a fight against deportation to the United States. (Kyodo)

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SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER

SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER CHESS PICTURE FROM THE RONALD GRANT ARCHIVE SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER CHESS Date: 1993

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Chess icon Fischer says U.S. citizen no more

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Suzuki (C), a lawyer for former world chess champion Bobby Fischer looks to John Bosnitch (R), representative of the committee to free Bobby Fischer, during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6. At left is miyako Watai, president of Japan Chess Association. Suzuki said Fischer, currently fighting Japanese and U.S. authorities who accuse him of traveling with an invalid passport, wants to renounce his U.S. citizenship and took his case to court the same day. (Kyodo)