Tactics flow from a superior position
BOBBY FISCHERYou are never too old to play chess!
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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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 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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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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I don’t keep any close friends. I don’t keep any secrets. I don’t need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that’s all.
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America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they’re doing in Yugoslavia…
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Genius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not.
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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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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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Chess demands total concentration
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I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
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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 never invited to the White House.
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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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I’m really not interested in that. I want to keep the old chess flavor. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it’s not degenerated down to memorisation and prearrangement like it is today.
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