There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.
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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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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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That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
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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 want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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I don’t believe in psychology.
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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Americans 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.
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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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The United States is an illegitimate country, just like Israel. It has no right to exist. That country belongs to the Red man, the American Indian…
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A lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10×8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things.
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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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