Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, wanted by Washington and detained in Japan since July, may file a lawsuit in the United States on the grounds that the executive order he violated by playing ...

An influential Japanese politician said Thursday he has volunteered to be Bobby Fischer’s legal guarantor and urged immigration authorities to release the former world chess champion from an airport ...

At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer and another in an unlikely turn of events. By Dylan Loeb McClain When Mr. Spassky, a ...