Former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer was arrested in Japan's Narita International Airport attempting to travel using a revoked US passport. http://en.wikip

Former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer was arrested in Japan's Narita International Airport attempting to travel using a revoked US passport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer#Detention_in_Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer#Detention_in_Japa... Though he wasn't deported to the US, but was held there for a few months, perhaps a year, before being allowed to fly to Iceland and claim asylum. That was arranged by chess friends of Fischer in Iceland, not Fischer himself.