Supporters of jailed former world chess champion Bobby Fischer said today that the Japanese Justice Ministry has informed them that he will be allowed to leave tomorrow for Iceland, where he has been granted citizenship.

American chess champion Bobby Fischer could be deported to the United States to face tax evasion charges there, it was reported today.

FUGITIVE US chess master Bobby Fischer has applied for political asylum in Japan in a new bid to avoid being deported to the United States, where he could face a jail term.

Chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer plans to appeal against a deportation order to the United States next week for the second time and to apply for temporary freedom from a detention centre in Japan, an adviser said today.

Japanese immigration officials have rejected former world chess champion Bobby Fischer’s appeal against their decision to deport him for attempting to travel on an invalid US passport.