GM Torre in Fischer documentary

GM Eugene Torre and the Filipino common-law wife and child of the late Bobby

Fischer will appear in a documentary being filmed  by  BBC-HBO on  the life of  the

greatest chess player that ever pushed a pawn.

In  a long distance call  to  lawyer Samuel Estimo  yesterday, Mr. Matthew  Justus,

co-producer of the project, invited Torre, Marilyn and Jinky Young to be in New York

on the last week of November for the live interviews. They  will  be  accompanied  by

Estimo, per agreement , to avoid  any  issues during the sessions, that might affect  the

ongoing  probate proceedings before  the court of  Reykjavik, Icelend  on  the claim of

Jinky to the estate of her deceased father.

Fischer died of  renal  failure  in Iceland on January 17 last year  and  left  some

P140 million  and  gold  deposits  in  the Landsbanki, one  of  the biggest banks in

Iceland.A woman claiming to be Fischer’s legal wife and 2 nephews of  the late chess

legend had also filed their claims before the probate court in Reykjavik.

According to Estimo,  the BBC-HBO  documentary  will focus mainly on the  chess

exploits of  Fischer when he single-handedly shamed the Soviet Union by wresting  the

world title from Boris Spassky during their 1972  epic match in Reykjavik It  will  also

feature their  return match in the former Yugoslavia which earned a U.S.Federal charge

for Fischer resulting in his incarceration in a Japanese airport cell in 2007.

Torre , Marilyn and Jinky Young will provide the Philippine connection in Fischer’s

life starting with his early visits to the country in the early 70s to his romantic liaison

with Marilyn and the birth of Jinky in 2001. It was Torre who introduced Marilyn to the

late chess icon at the Baguio Golf and Country Club.

BY: MARLON BERNARDINO