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.
BOBBY FISCHERPeople have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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.
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The United States is an illegitimate country, just like Israel. It has no right to exist. That country belongs to the Red man, the American Indian…
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I’m going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They’re not just persecuting me.
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There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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The United States is evil. It has to be brought down, it has to be eliminated from the world scene. They are the ones who have made the world the hell that it is.
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I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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