孤独地对抗全世界(下)(4)
“这就是我的答案”。费舍尔参加了比赛,又一次击败了斯帕斯基,将365万美元收入囊中,从此以后他再也没有半步踏上自己祖国的国土,因为一旦回国就意味着10年有期徒刑。在他人生的最后几年当中,他辗转在匈牙利、菲律宾和日本度过,在2001年,美国遭到了恐怖分子的袭击,举国人民都沉浸在巨大的悲痛当中,一次接受菲律宾电台采访的时候,远在他乡的费舍尔难掩自己的兴奋:“这真是一个好消息,我为它感到欢呼,最终白人应该离开美国,黑人回到非洲,把美国还给印第安人,这就是我想要看到的结果,美国去死吧!”这一次费舍尔可捅了大篓子,他被所有人的口水声给淹死了,从一个国家英雄彻底沦为了一个全民公敌。
In 2004, Fischer was arrested in Japan for using expired passport when he was about to leave Japan. He was sentenced to a few months in jail and during the time Japanese and US government disputed whether he should be extradited or not. If he was delivered to America, he would serve the rest of his life in prison. To help him weather the storm, his fans set up a “Bobby Fischer Rescuing Committee” and bustled around for his freedom. Meanwhile, Fischer’s confidante, president of Japanese Chess Association Miyoko Watai announced to marry him with the aim of applying him a Japanese visa, in spite of the fact that Japan was pressured by America against making an exception for him. At the critical moment, Icelanders gave a hand to him and accepted him as a citizen. After being held for 9 months, Fischer left Japan with Miyoko Watai for Iceland, the kingdom Fischer reached the pinnacle in1972. It is like a transmigration, he set out from here, and eventually came back here again. 3 years later, it was the news of his death that brought him back to the spotlight: he was initially diagnosed with urinary tract obstruction. As he was suspicious of western medicine and refused surgical therapy and medication, the situation soon deteriorated into acute renal failure. Even then, he rejected any kind of treatment and there was only one option awaited him—to die. Perhaps Fischer is a lunatic, only when he sits at the chessboard can he find the peace. His is a great man, but there is not a single man took part in his funeral. He died at the age of 64, and as there is 64 squares on the chessboard, his every year alive means the piece moves forward to the next square on the board. Fischer is a genius, despite the fact that he is ruined by irritation, hatred and jealousy. As for his contemporaries and younger generation, his value is immeasurable. In Garry Kasparov’s eyes, Fischer is “the most legendary chess player in history”. Another Russian chess player Mikhail Tal had a very high regard for him as well, he said Fischer is “The biggest genius fall from the chess sky”. Needless to say, Fischer had a wide and substantial influence on chess as a sport. Just because of “The Game of the Century” in 1972, chess had the privilege to be televised in the golden age for the first time and became a mainstream intelligent sport in America. It is because of Fischer’s insistence, this seemingly-unattractive-at-the-beginning sport attracted sponsors successfully. Before him, it is unimaginable for a chess player to live on playing games. Fischer is a great chess player, but he could have been greater if he is sane.