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.
BOBBY FISCHERI like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they’re doing in Yugoslavia…
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I don’t believe in psychology.
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I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
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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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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent
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I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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This is not just my struggle, I’m not just doing this for myself… This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They’re a menace to the whole world.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, ’84-’85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that.
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Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind
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A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he’s like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.
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A lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10×8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things.
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