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.
BOBBY FISCHERWell, 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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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The United States is an illegitimate country, just like Israel. It has no right to exist. That country belongs to the Red man, the American Indian…
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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Chess demands total concentration
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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
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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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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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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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So if you just brought them back from the dead they wouldn’t do well. They’d get bad openings.
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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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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
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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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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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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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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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