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 FISCHERThey spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.
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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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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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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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In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I do and other players do about opening theory.
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You are never too old to play chess!
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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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First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.
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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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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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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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In my opinion, the King’s Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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