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juliette14	Post subject: couldn't resist, could you? Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:42 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 73 Location: "It's really not like the rest of Texas."	Wow. <p>TOKYO (AP) -- In a bizarre end game, Bobby Fischer -- the chess world's most eccentric star -- was taken into custody after trying to fly out of Japan with an invalid passport. Checkmate. Wanted at home for attending a 1992 match in Yugoslavia despite international sanctions, the American former world champion had managed to stay one move ahead of the law by living abroad and being sheltered by chess devotees.
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Peter Sibley	Post subject: Re: couldn't resist, could you? Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:08 pm
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 108 Location: Tucson, Ariz.	" ... stay one move ahead of the law" I thought was unobtrusive.<p>But if you're going to heap on the gratuitous references ("end game"?) at least learn how to express them.
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JonScribe	Post subject: Re: couldn't resist, could you? Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 3:33 pm
Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 356 Location: Everett, Wash.	When the extradition process gets hung up, wait for the stalemate ledes.
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ndugan1	Post subject: Re: couldn't resist, could you? Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 4:11 pm
Joined: Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 968 Location: Champaign, Ill.	Read that story in proofs last night. The slot's headline was "Checkmate for fugitive chess king" Ugh.<p>I just can't believe he's 61.
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Re: couldn't resist, could you? Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 7:52 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	The sad thing is, Fischer's capture is actually a very interesting story. Naturally, this had to be obscured by puns.
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JonScribe	Post subject: Re: couldn't resist, could you? Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:14 pm
Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 356 Location: Everett, Wash.	Especially when you consider how it will play into the negotiations involving the U.S. Army deserter's request for medical treatment in Japan. Moves and countermoves and ... Kehrist, now they've got me doing it.<p>[ July 17, 2004: Message edited by: JonScribe ]</p>
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jmwalsh	Post subject: Re: couldn't resist, could you? Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:38 pm
Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 46 Location: Ireland	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Matthew Grieco: The sad thing is, Fischer's capture is actually a very interesting story. Naturally, this had to be obscured by puns.<hr></blockquote><p>It is extremely interesting and I hope to read more. The Guardian piece was excellent (despite a bad headline) and the London News Review pointed to a very illuminating piece in Atlantic Monthly, written prior to his capture.<p>http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1263311,00.html<p>http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/12/chun.htm
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Jamal	Post subject: Re: couldn't resist, could you? Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:53 pm
Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 38 Location: Sarasota, FL	He was "taken into custody"? Wouldn't "arrested" have been better to say? "Taken into custody" is soooooo police jargon.
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