I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
BOBBY FISCHERTactics flow from a superior position
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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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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I don’t care! I don’t have to show anybody my games just because they’re a big shot!
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I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
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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 kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn’t just “trusting in God” to give me the moves.
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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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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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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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I am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.
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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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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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They’re lying bastards. Jews were always lying bastards throughout their history. They’re a filthy, dirty, disgusting, vile, criminal people.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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