20 the real reason Bobby was interested in her was “because I didn’t want anything from him” Kurir, September 13, 1993, p. 20.
21 “He was ashamed of his poverty” Seirawan and Stefanovic, p. 276.
22 He was also furious that although President Nixon had said he’d be invited to the White House El Pais, April 3, 2001.
23 In the interview Zita later gave to Tivadar Farkasházy, she claimed that Bobby was still waiting Los Angeles Times, September 23, 1993.
24 Besides offering Regina support, Bobby wanted to introduce her to Zita Farkasházy, p. 29 ff.
25 “I wasn’t thinking of that” Kurir, September 14, 1993, p. 20.
26 He referred to Zita as his girlfriend http:www.chessgames.com, May 3, 2008.
27 It took almost a year, but she finally located someone “Zita’s Story” and “A Short Story” in Seirawan and Stefanovic, pp. 275–76.
28 About a month later, in July 1992, Kubat, Zita, and two officials of Jugoskandic Bank were in Los Angeles Independent, August 29, 1992.
29 He’d later learn that the banker was one of the most powerful men in Serbia NYT, September 1, 1992, p. D1.
30 Kubat was afraid that Vasiljevic wouldn’t release the advance payment Contract between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, Vladimir Miljavic for the Jugoskandik Company, signed July 11, 1992, FB.
31 Spassky agreed to everything in the contract “Banker Lures Fischer to Play for Cheque,” London Times, August 1992, p. 1.
32 Heavy fighting between forces Associated Press, August 19, 1992.
33 The forty-nine-year-old Bobby Fischer was described by a reporter NYT, August 30, 1992, p. A1.
34 After Bobby signed the contract to play Farkasházy, p. 119 ff.
35 “At one pole, there is elation over Mr. Fischer’s return from two decades of obscurity.” NYT, September 2, 1992, p. C14.
36 Bobby asked Gligoric (“Gliga”) to play a secret training match Chess in Translation, June 23, 2010, chessintranslation.com.
37 When asked at the time whether he’d like to engage Fischer in a match for the official championship, Kasparov snapped NYT, September 2, 1992, p. C14.
38 Order to Provide Information and Cease and Desist Activities Official Document from the Department of the Treasury to Bobby Fischer, August 21, 1992, FB.
39 He’d insisted that all questions be submitted to him in advance Wire service reports of transcripts of chess conference, September 1, 1992.
40 “Let’s start with some impudent questions from The New York Times” NYT, September 2, 1992, p. A1.
41 Although a large number of reporters had been interested in attending Bobby Fischer’s controversial press conference CL, March 1993, p. 27.
42 He then spat on the letter, and applause broke out. NYT, September 2, 1992, p. A1.
43 His anti-Americanism was lambasted NYT, September 2, 1992, p. A18.
44 “I am bored and disgusted with him” Ottawa Citizen, August 28, 1992.
45 “Yes, Fischer betrayed chess and everybody.” NYT, September 2, 1992, p. C14.
46 Denying that he was an anti-Semite Wire service reports of first press conference, September 1, 1992.
47 “They have absolutely destroyed chess” First press conference, September 1, 1992, reported in The New York Times, September 2, 1992.
48 “I like geniuses or crazy people” Chronicle-Telegram, “The Man Behind the Chesspiece,” September 23, 1992, p. A–7.
49 Twenty years of rust aside, Bobby played as masterfully as he had in 1972 NYT, September 3, 1992, p. C22.
50 Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan wrote Seirawan and Stefanovic, p. 32.
51 “Playing forcefully, the American chess genius seems to be in top form.” NYT, September 3, 1992, p. 622.
52 “This was maybe an off-day for me.” Second press conference, September 3, 1992.
53 Lilienthal had never met Fischer, and at the conclusion of the fourth game, they were introduced at the hotel’s restaurant http://eidard.wordpress.com. (Fischer was also to have said: “Pawn e5 takes __6!” giving the precise moves.)
54 “My general approach was not to think about the result of the match” Letter from Boris Spassky to the author, May 31, 2010.
55 “I think I am doing quite well, considering that I’ve been blacklisted for the last twenty years by world Jewry.” New York Daily News, September 2, 1992, p. 1.
56 “No, I have no regrets about spitting at that letter.” New York Daily News, September 2, 1992, p. 1.
57 “That man [Kasparov] is a pathological liar, so I wouldn’t pay much attention to whatever he says.” New York Daily News, September 2, 1992, p. 2.
58 “So I consider that the United States government and Time Incorporated went into a criminal conspiracy” Wire service reports for second press conference, September 2, 1992.
59 the greatest comeback since Napoleon Bonaparte sailed a single-masted fleet from the island of Elba in 1815 Time, September 28, 1992, p. 78.
60 “somewhere in the top ten in the world” Seirawan and Stefanovic, p. 283.
61 “True, the match with Spassky was not all that great” Interview of Arnold Denker by the author, December 2000, Boca Raton, Florida.
62 At this time Vasiljevic was making an arrangement for another match for Bobby Letter from Isodoro Cherem to Bobby Fischer, August 5, 1992, FB.
63 Bobby had met Ljubojevic. Vecerne Novosti (Yugoslavia newspaper), November 6, 1992.
64 Five hundred thousand depositors had funneled $2 billion into his sixteen bank www.attacktheking.com.
65 Years later he was extradited to Serbia March 29, 2010, NYT, p. A11.
66 On December 15, 1992, a single-count indictment in federal court in Washington, D.C., was handed down by a grand jury against Bobby Fischer Copy of indictment from the U.S. District Court against Bobby Fischer, December 15, 1992.
67 “I have no friends here; only Gliga and the bodyguards” Letter from Bobby Fischer to Zita Rajcsanyi, June 14, 1993, in DeLucia and DeLucia, p. 191.
68 “He was rough,” she said. Kurir (Budapest daily), September 13, 1993, p. 20.
69 She left a good-bye note indicating that her affair had nothing to do with why she didn’t want to marry him. Undated letter from Zita to Bobby Fischer, circa summer 1993, in DeLucia and DeLucia, p. 191.
70 “I was surprised to see how tall and big he was” Interview of Zsuzsa Polgar by the author, May 23, 2009, Princeton, NJ.
71 She added that there he could socialize with some of the great Hungarian players he knew Interview of Zsuza Polgar by author, May 23, 2009, Princeton, NJ.
72 The Polgars, thinking of everything, had taken a chance on their way across the border Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, January 18, 2009.
73 “I think the Hungarians may arrest me as soon as I cross the border.” Faxed letter to Miyoko Watai from Bobby Fischer, June 19, 1993, in DeLucia and DeLucia, p. 192.