I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
BOBBY FISCHERMy main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They’re not just persecuting me.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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A lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10×8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things.
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, ‘He beat us at chess, but he’s still just an uncouth kid.’ So I decided to dress up.
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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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Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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Chess is like war on a board
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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 listen to weakies.
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Yeah, 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?
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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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I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
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Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
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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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