MANILA (Reuters) - A Filipino woman and her daughter are claiming a share of the estate of late American-born chess legend Bobby Fischer, a lawyer said on Wednesday.
Samuel Estimo told Reuters he was gathering documents andevidence to prove that Fischer had a daughter with MarilynYoung in 2001. He said the reclusive chess master had left a$1.95 million (995,000 pound) estate.
"I have with me a copy of the passports, pictures and bankaccounts of Fischer's seven-year-old daughter," Estimo said,adding he would file a claim in Iceland.
Fischer, who died last month, had renounced his U.S.citizenship and moved to Iceland in 2005.
"I believe we have substantial proof to back the claims ofMarilyn Young and her daughter Jinky. They even stayed with himin Iceland for three weeks in September 2005."
Two nephews and a Japanese woman, who claimed to havemarried the reclusive chess master, are also contestingFischer's estate. Washington was also trying to recover moneyfrom Fischer in back taxes, Estimo said.
Fischer became a Cold War icon when he beat Boris Spasskyof the then Soviet Union to become world champion in 1972, buthe later became a fierce critic of his homeland.
(Reporting by Manny Mogato, editing by Carmel Crimmins andKatie Nguyen)
