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.
BOBBY FISCHERI hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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They 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.
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Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.
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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 like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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All my games are real
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Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn’t seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn’t like that, so I decided I’d have to show them they weren’t any better than me, you know?
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I love chess, and I didn’t invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I consider the old chess is dying, it really is dead.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
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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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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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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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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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