There 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 FISCHERThey were sort of priding themselves. They would say, ‘He beat us at chess, but he’s still just an uncouth kid.’ So I decided to dress up.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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The United States is evil. It has to be brought down, it has to be eliminated from the world scene. They are the ones who have made the world the hell that it is.
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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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Nothing is so healing as the human touch.
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When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because he used to come around to the Manhattan club in the forties – before he died in the early forties.
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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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America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they’re doing in Yugoslavia…
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I like to make them squirm.
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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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I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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I’d like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.
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Well, I’m not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn’t interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they’re a phony, I just don’t bother with them, that’s all.
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I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They’re not just persecuting me.
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I don’t listen to weakies.
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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
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