I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
BOBBY FISCHERThe white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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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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I don’t listen to weakies.
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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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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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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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I love the game – and I hate the Russians because they’ve almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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In my opinion, the King’s Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
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The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.
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First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.
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I’m not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I’m the best. You don’t need a match to prove it.
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