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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More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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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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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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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
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I don’t keep any close friends. I don’t keep any secrets. I don’t need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that’s all.
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I have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
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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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So if you just brought them back from the dead they wouldn’t do well. They’d get bad openings.
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I don’t believe in psychology.
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I don’t care! I don’t have to show anybody my games just because they’re a big shot!
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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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Americans like a winner. If you lose, you’re nothing. I’m going to win, though. It’s good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We’ve met five times. He’s won three times and we’ve drawn twice. But I’m a stronger player and a long match favors me.
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