Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
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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The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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When I won the World Championship in ’72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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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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Americans like a winner. If you lose, you’re nothing. I’m going to win, though. It’s good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We’ve met five times. He’s won three times and we’ve drawn twice. But I’m a stronger player and a long match favors me.
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I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
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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.
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I’d like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.
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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.
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When I win, I’ll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I’ll give players a chance to beat me.
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As Olafsson showed me, White can win… It’s hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
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