Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
BOBBY FISCHERYeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn’t seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn’t like that, so I decided I’d have to show them they weren’t any better than me, you know?
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Chess demands total concentration
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They’re lying bastards. Jews were always lying bastards throughout their history. They’re a filthy, dirty, disgusting, vile, criminal people.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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Well, I’m not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn’t interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they’re a phony, I just don’t bother with them, that’s all.
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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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In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I do and other players do about opening theory.
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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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The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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I have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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Americans really don’t know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.
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Chess is like war on a board
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Too many times, people don’t try their best. They don’t have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you’ve got to guard your reputation – every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That’s why I don’t clown around.
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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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