Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
BOBBY FISCHERAll that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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I don’t believe in wasting time. My goal is to win the World Chess Championship; to beat the Russians. I take this very seriously.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent
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Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.
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Chess is like war on a board
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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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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
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Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
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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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As Olafsson showed me, White can win… It’s hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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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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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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That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
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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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I don’t listen to weakies.
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Nothing is so healing as the human touch.
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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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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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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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