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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.

Bobby Fischer

Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Game Mind Training
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Championship Chess Game Seriously
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Play Winning Years
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Book Firsts Match Stolen
I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
BOBBY FISCHER

One Remember School Thing
All I ever want to do is just play chess.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Play Want
I was never invited to the White House.
BOBBY FISCHER

House Invited White
I add status to any tournament I attend.
BOBBY FISCHER

Add Chess Tournaments
I’m really not interested in that. I want to keep the old chess flavor. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it’s not degenerated down to memorisation and prearrangement like it is today.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Game Interested Keep Old Position
If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
BOBBY FISCHER

Alekhine Games Play Seen
Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.
BOBBY FISCHER

Ought Positional Square Until Use
There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Involved Luck
The main idea behind any opening is to get a strong pawn center and give your pieces a lot of scope so that you cramp your opponent’s position and can attack weaknesses in his game.
BOBBY FISCHER

Man Pawn Scope Strong Weaknesses
Sometimes girls write me. One girl in Yugoslavia sent me a whole slew of love letters. I don’t know how she got my address. She was in a crowd watching me play. She says when I left there the stars fell out of the sky over Yugoslavia, or something like that.
BOBBY FISCHER

Girl Stars Writing
People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
BOBBY FISCHER

Fifteen People Years
I don’t care! I don’t have to show anybody my games just because they’re a big shot!
BOBBY FISCHER

Bigs Care Games

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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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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