There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
BOBBY FISCHERMy opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?
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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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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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I studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There’s no doubt of it in my mind.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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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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In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I do and other players do about opening theory.
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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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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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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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You are never too old to play chess!
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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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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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In my opinion, the King’s Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
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