Miyoko Watai

About

Japanese chess champion and secretary of the Japan Chess Association who was most notably married to chess legend Bobby Fischer.

Before Fame

She was born in Japan and showed interest in chess at an early age.

Trivia

She inherited the Fischer estate after a long legal battle that involved her inability to produce a marriage certificate.

Family Life

She was romantically linked to chess legend Bobby Fischer.

Associated With

The court decided that she was the legal widow of Bobby Fischer.