I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
BOBBY FISCHERChess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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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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Chess demands total concentration
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I have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, ’84-’85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that.
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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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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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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The system set up by F.I.D.E. … Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion… The Russians arranged it that way.
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I don’t listen to weakies.
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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 don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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