Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
BOBBY FISCHERNormally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
BOBBY FISCHERI have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
BOBBY FISCHERKarpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
BOBBY FISCHERPsychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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 FISCHERGenius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not.
BOBBY FISCHERThe system set up by F.I.D.E. … Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion… The Russians arranged it that way.
BOBBY FISCHERAmerica is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they’re doing in Yugoslavia…
BOBBY FISCHERI don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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 FISCHERTactics flow from a superior position
BOBBY FISCHEREvery chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
BOBBY FISCHERI have never opened with the QP – on principle.
BOBBY FISCHERThere 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 don’t listen to weakies.
BOBBY FISCHERIs it against the law to kill a reporter?
BOBBY FISCHER