A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
BOBBY FISCHERNobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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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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Chess demands total concentration
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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You are never too old to play chess!
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The system set up by F.I.D.E. … Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion… The Russians arranged it that way.
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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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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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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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The main idea behind any opening is to get a strong pawn center and give your pieces a lot of scope so that you cramp your opponent’s position and can attack weaknesses in his game.
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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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