All I ever want to do is just play chess.
BOBBY FISCHERDon’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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The main idea behind any opening is to get a strong pawn center and give your pieces a lot of scope so that you cramp your opponent’s position and can attack weaknesses in his game.
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I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I’m too old, it’s too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
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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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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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I am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.
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When I won the World Championship in ’72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.
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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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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’m really not interested in that. I want to keep the old chess flavor. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it’s not degenerated down to memorisation and prearrangement like it is today.
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The Russians have held my title for ten years and they’re going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They’re going to have to wait and play under my conditions.
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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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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All my games are real
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This is not just my struggle, I’m not just doing this for myself… This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They’re a menace to the whole world.
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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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America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they’re doing in Yugoslavia…
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Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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