I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I’m too old, it’s too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
BOBBY FISCHERI grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I’m too old, it’s too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
BOBBY FISCHERThe 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 FISCHERI have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
BOBBY FISCHERNormally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
BOBBY FISCHERYeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn’t seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn’t like that, so I decided I’d have to show them they weren’t any better than me, you know?
BOBBY FISCHERI’d like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.
BOBBY FISCHERI 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.
BOBBY FISCHERI 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.
BOBBY FISCHERI think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
BOBBY FISCHERI like to make them squirm.
BOBBY FISCHERFIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
BOBBY FISCHERThat’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
BOBBY FISCHERThe United States is evil. It has to be brought down, it has to be eliminated from the world scene. They are the ones who have made the world the hell that it is.
BOBBY FISCHERComputers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
BOBBY FISCHERA lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10×8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things.
BOBBY FISCHERI have never opened with the QP – on principle.
BOBBY FISCHER