As Olafsson showed me, White can win… It’s hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
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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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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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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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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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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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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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
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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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Chess demands total concentration
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I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I’m going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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When I won the World Championship in ’72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.
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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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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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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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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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