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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.

Bobby Fischer

Sometimes girls write me. One girl in Yugoslavia sent me a whole slew of love letters. I don’t know how she got my address. She was in a crowd watching me play. She says when I left there the stars fell out of the sky over Yugoslavia, or something like that.
BOBBY FISCHER

Girl Stars Writing
If you don’t win, it’s not a great tragedy – the worst that happens is that you lose a game.
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Games Tragedy Winning
I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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Chess Game Men Psychology
All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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Play Playing Chess Want
I don’t listen to weakies.
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Country Listen People Weakens
I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
BOBBY FISCHER

Asylums Government Political
I object to being called a chess genius because I consider myself to be an all around genius who just happens to play chess, which is rather different.
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Different Garbage Genius Happen Play
A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he’s like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.
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Chess Genius Know Nothing Piece
Genius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not.
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Mean Success Winning
They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
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People Some Spoke
I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
BOBBY FISCHER

Death Out Want Wiped
Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Giving Opponents
Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Facts Psychology
Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.
BOBBY FISCHER

Ought Positional Square Until Use
I studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There’s no doubt of it in my mind.
BOBBY FISCHER

Doubt Moving Years
I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
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Games Moving Strong

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