I object to being called a chess genius because I consider myself to be an all around genius who just happens to play chess, which is rather different.
BOBBY FISCHERAmericans really don’t know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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I have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.
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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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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 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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Chess is like war on a board
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I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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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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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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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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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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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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