Answers.Body: <p>It is not so much that Fischer <em>got exiled</em> as much as it was that he chose to exile himself (though yes, out of a certain necessity). He was <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/16/world/fischer-is-indicted-over-chess-match.html">indicted by a U.S. court for ignoring sanctions</a> against Yugoslavia when playing his 1992 rematch against Spassky in that country, and so Fischer chose to avoid returning to the U.S. rather than face prosecution and a potential 10-year prison sentence. As to the various reasons he might have despised his home country, I won't speculate myself, but <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0307463915">plenty has been written</a> about Fischer's troubled later years elsewhere.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Why did Bobby Fischer despise the U.S and why did he get exiled? 
  Wasn't he America's hero at one point?
  I'm a big fan of his games.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: a quick stroll through his wikiquote page reveals that maybe later in his life he wasn't all that stable
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Title: Bobby Fischer and the U.S
ThreadText: # Bobby Fischer and the U.S
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-01)
  
  Why did Bobby Fischer despise the U.S and why did he get exiled?
  Wasn't he America's hero at one point?
  I'm a big fan of his games.
  
  **Tags:** history, fischer
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: a quick stroll through his wikiquote page reveals that maybe later in his life he wasn't all that stable  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-05-01. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  It is not so much that Fischer *got exiled* as much as it was that he chose to exile himself (though yes, out of a certain necessity). He was [indicted by a U.S. court for ignoring sanctions](http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/16/world/fischer-is-indicted-over-chess-match.html) against Yugoslavia when playing his 1992 rematch against Spassky in that country, and so Fischer chose to avoid returning to the U.S. rather than face prosecution and a potential 10-year prison sentence. As to the various reasons he might have despised his home country, I won't speculate myself, but [plenty has been written](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0307463915) about Fischer's troubled later years elsewhere.
  
  
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