When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because he used to come around to the Manhattan club in the forties – before he died in the early forties.
BOBBY FISCHERIf you don’t win, it’s not a great tragedy – the worst that happens is that you lose a game.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book!
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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All my games are real
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Chess is like war on a board
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Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
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I don’t keep any close friends. I don’t keep any secrets. I don’t need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that’s all.
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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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I was never invited to the White House.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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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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I don’t believe in psychology.
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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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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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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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