I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
BOBBY FISCHERA strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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The system set up by F.I.D.E. … Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion… The Russians arranged it that way.
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I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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I was in Japan a couple of months ago, I saw a preview for the movie Pearl Harbor. And they showed the Japanese airplanes coming in to bomb Pearl Harbor, and I applauded. Nobody else in the theater applauded.
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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When I win, I’ll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I’ll give players a chance to beat me.
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Well, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn’t just “trusting in God” to give me the moves.
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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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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
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I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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