Fischer family feud
ChessFire
By ANDY SOLTIS
Last Updated: 9:29 AM, November 15, 2009
Posted: 11:46 PM, November 14, 2009
NEARLY two years after Bobby Fischer's death, his tangled personal
life is being sorted out in an Icelandic court.
When Fischer died near Reykjavik in January 2007, he left an estate
estimated at more than $2 million -- and no will. Most of the money
came from his biggest payday -- his 1992 defeat of Boris Spassky in
their "world championship rematch."
Since Fischer was so secretive, it was unclear who had a claim to his
inheritance.
His sister Joan, his first chess opponent, died before him. But her
two sons, Bobby's nephews, were the only known relatives by blood.
However, a Japanese Chess Federation official, Miyoko Watai, presented
an Aug. 17, 2004, marriage certificate to prove she wed Bobby while he
was jailed in a complex visa dispute. Watai said then she had been
living with Fischer since 2000.
An Icelandic court upheld Watai's claim last week. But a Filipino
woman, Marilyn Young, said she had been living with Fischer when he
visited the Philippines.
Young added that she and Bobby had a daughter, Jinky, now 8, who has a
claim on the $2 million. Iceland's supreme court is likely to end up
sorting it all out.
Source: http://www.nypost.com
//Phil Innes
Taylor Kingston
I say give it to the United Jewish Appeal. ;-)