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.
BOBBY FISCHERI love chess, and I didn’t invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I consider the old chess is dying, it really is dead.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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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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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
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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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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 don’t like to dwell on the past. I’m interested in Fischerandom now, I am working on a new clock, I’m trying to make chess a more exciting game today. I am not interested in sitting in my rocking chair thinking what I did 10, 20 or 30 years ago.
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There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.
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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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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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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 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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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
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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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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They’re not just persecuting me.
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A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he’s like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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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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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent
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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 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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