Genius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not.
BOBBY FISCHERI studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There’s no doubt of it in my mind.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
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If you don’t win, it’s not a great tragedy – the worst that happens is that you lose a game.
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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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I don’t listen to weakies.
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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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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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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I studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There’s no doubt of it in my mind.
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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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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?
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Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
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