The Unstatement

Bobby Fischer’s Visit to the Philippines 1973 with President Ferdinand Marcos (via nirocal)

Photos of Bobby Fischer’s visit to the Philippines in 1973, hosted by President Ferdinand Marcos, to open the International Chess Tournament. These came from albums that were a personal gift from Marcos himself to Fischer to commemorate his trip. Fischer abandoned a storage unit in Pasadena when he fled the United States, and these albums were part of his belongings left behind. Many of his chess memorabilia were in that storage and ended up in a local flea market in LA.

This is a different video, and different set of photos, from the one I previously posted.

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Bobby Fischer’s Visit to the Philippines, Tokyo, Hong Kong 1973 (via nirocal)

These are the last of the photos I have of Bobby Fischer. He opened the first Philippines International Chess Tournament in Manila in October 1973. There are pictures of him visiting Corregidor and the provinces. He then went to Tokyo and Hong Kong.The last picture is of Bobby in Pasadena dated 4/19/1974, taken by Svetozar “Gliga” Gligoric, Yugoslav Grandmaster, a longtime friend of Bobby’s.