孤独地对抗全世界(下)(3)
1975年是费舍尔卫冕冠军之年,由于他对于国际棋联提出了非分要求并且后者没有做出妥协,费舍尔将他的头衔拱手让给了俄罗斯棋手阿纳托利·卡尔波夫。自此以后,费舍尔似乎从地球上消失了,他重新出现成为新闻热点人物却总是与国际象棋无关,在上世纪80年代,他曾因为被误当作银行抢劫犯而被加利福尼亚警方逮捕。随着时间的演进,他变得越来越不正常、越来越沉溺在自己的偏执和妄想当中。费舍尔正在准备他的最后一场比赛,尽管有丰厚的奖金,却让他成了一个为所有人讨厌的人、一个流亡者和社会弃儿。
Not until 20 year later did Fischer come back to chess. It is the 20th anniversary of “The Game of the Century”, Fischer, gave the nod to a Serbian banker’s invitation, consented to fight another battle against his old rival Spassky in Yugoslavia. The reason of his comeback is his eagerness for money. As he had never hooked into any games over the years, he had made away with all his money. The one acted as a go-between is that 18-year-old Hungarian female chess player Zita Rajcsanyi, the true love of the King of Chess. Although this plain-looking girl with thick glasses and ponytails is too mediocre to be a goddess to an ordinary man, the eccentric genius opened his mind to her. It is under Rajcsanyi’s persuasion that Fischer boarded the plane to Yugoslavia. In those days America was imposing sanctions against Yugoslavia, the government warned Fischer it would be a provocation and humiliation to them if he plays game in an enemy nation, yet he still went his own way. In the news conference before the game, Fischer fired against his motherland, accused that himself had been blacklisted by Jewish society and thwarted from playing games during these 20 years. What’s more, he opened the briefcase, spat on the fax from George Bush who dissuaded him from playing that game as it run counter to their embargo against Yugoslavia and sniffed, “This is my answer”. Fischer went to the game, defeat Spassky once more and pocketed $3.65 million. From this moment he never set foot on his homeland, because 10 years’ imprisonment was awaiting him if he dares to do so. In his last few years, he spent his life between Hungary, the Philippines and Japan. In 2001, America was under attack from terrorists, people nationwide were in deep sorrow. In a Philippine radio interview Fischer, far away from home, could hardly conceal his excitement, “It’s really a piece of good news, I cheer for it, at last the whites ought to leave America, the blacks go back to Africa, and return America to Indians. This is the end I’m glad to see. Go to hell, America!” And this time, Fischer stirred up a nest of hornets, he incurred widely criticism, and reduced himself from a national hero to a public enemy.