I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I don’t listen to weakies.
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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 am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
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I was in Japan a couple of months ago, I saw a preview for the movie Pearl Harbor. And they showed the Japanese airplanes coming in to bomb Pearl Harbor, and I applauded. Nobody else in the theater applauded.
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A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he’s like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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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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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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Too many times, people don’t try their best. They don’t have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you’ve got to guard your reputation – every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That’s why I don’t clown around.
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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.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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Chess is like war on a board
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