Fi$cher family feud
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

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