That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
BOBBY FISCHERThe 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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I object to being called a chess genius because I consider myself to be an all around genius who just happens to play chess, which is rather different.
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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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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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These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book!
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The United States is an illegitimate country, just like Israel. It has no right to exist. That country belongs to the Red man, the American Indian…
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I love the game – and I hate the Russians because they’ve almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.
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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent
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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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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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There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
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Chess demands total concentration
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