:-) ...or maybe her wives, sometimes? Or maybe even some third parties, sometimes? Father/motherhood can be far from simple, these days. And, when it happens, it's the most cruel thing to happen, because it's both decisive and serious, in the wrong way, regarding the children.
Oh well, that has nothing to do with chess! :-) (or could it have?)

Wow, Joe, you don´t honestly think all World Champions were role models in fatherhood, do you?

For god sake, let Fischer rest in peace.

What a shame!
I would prefer vultures in the desert doing their job instead of these human vultures in Icelandic court.

I think it is important for the kid to know who here father or wasn't.

I don't imagine Fischer cares one way or the other whether his remains are dug up.

Forget daughter Jinky. What about Giri?

Yeah, if anyone is to be blamed it's Fischer himself and this Marilyn Young. How hard can it be to be a mother and father to your children?

@Joe
"How hard can it be to be a mother and father to your children?"

It's so easy to make this kind of populist questions! So easy to judge!
Please answer your own question: Do you realy imagine how hard can it be? There are cases, and there are cases.
The only thing I think it's an obvious Fischer's fault is not leting dna samples himself, because it was known, before his death, that this type of problems would be likely to happen.
And even that is not a huge fault. I tend to agree with Chris, that in fact Fischer doesn't care a bit about the digging of his remains! :-)
Of course Rini is also right, that anyway it is a shame, and maybe even "vulturism".
The main risk is if he comes to get his world title again, heheh.

Whoever does this is getting haunted, guaranteed.

@ Castro

Easy to judge yes, and I seldomly do so. I was trying to make another point though. The point I wanted to make is that I find looking after your children is more important than being a world chess champion. So if he fails to do so they can happily dug up his remains for my part, world champion or not. I don't think he cares either since he's pretty dead but if he would I would blame himself for the whole situation.

@Joe
"looking after your children is more important than being a world chess champion. So if he fails to do so"

Yes, I understood your poin, from the begining.
You're simply assuming too much, and rushing easy and populist judgements. THAT is clear. All those assumptions on Fischer (and on others involved, btw) aren´t.

Wow. No I don't think all World Champions are or were role models in fatherhood. I'm only stating that if they have children somewhere the very least they can do is acknowledge the kid and let him/her know who his/her father is. I find it quite funny that you guys seem to disagree to some extent.
I'm not saying I know the precise situation.
I'm not saying that the precise situation and circumstances doesn't influence the whole topic.
I'm also not saying that I would be doing things better.
All I am saying is that if Mr. Fischer has a kid somewhere he should take his responsibility for the kid and make sure the kid's parents (and thus his fatherhood) is at the very least registered somewhere, if he is able to do so.
I am assuming he hasn't done this, since the whole news item seems to say so. And I am judging that failing to do so was a pretty bad act or non-act because I think an adult has a degree of responsibility when he's creating children. I know this is but an opinion, and that is what I wanted to make clear by my first post. It seems you disagree?

So give me the permission to do a bit of counterattacking please ;)

'You’re simply assuming too much, and rushing easy and populist judgements. THAT is clear. All those assumptions on Fischer (and on others involved, btw) aren´t.'
Where precisely do I assume too much? And what precisely do I assume?

And some more weaknesses in your posts:
How can you blame anyone for judging? It's impossible not to judge.
Why is my question 'populistic'? And why is it a bad question if it is populistic? (I assume you are trying to say that yes)

Finally, I also don't agree it has nothing to do with chess. I started the argument with the opinion that imo 'looking after your children' (and making a child know his parents is a (very basic) part of that) is more important than being a world chess champion. It has just as much to do with chess as this whole newsitem.

(And talking about non-chess isn't THAT bad anyway xD)

P.S. I agree that my first post is somewhat vague and could be more to the point and I apologize for that.

Of course having children is a big responsibility and it´s just fair and human that a father acknowledges his son/daughter, whoever he is. But I doubt that many World Champions put their children before chess.

I see we all almost agree :-)
IF Fischer was a bad father, that is wrong. If the mother is a bad mother, idem. But we don't know those things. And in these matters, sometimes even when we think we know, we don't!
So my opinion: Any judgement now, from people not knowing facts, is dobly vane.

$$$$$ is the root of this mess!!!
Let Bobby Fischer rest in peace!! He deserves-:)

Well, I agree that dead man should rest in peace, but let's think about alive. A child also deserves to know who his father is. Of course in Fishers case his money is great reason and may be if he be poor all this case would never occur but basically it doesn't matter.

Do the right thing.When i finally after a foolish life accepted this my life was changed dramatically for the better.

Did Bobby do the right thing?

Do the right thing.When i finally after a foolish life i accepted this my life was changed dramatically for the better.

Did Bobby do the right thing?

It's frightening, because the world is crowded with people "doing the right thing" and also with people being victims of that! (sometimes others, sometimes the same ones :-) )