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.
BOBBY FISCHERIt’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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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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They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
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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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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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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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The Russians have held my title for ten years and they’re going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They’re going to have to wait and play under my conditions.
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I don’t believe in psychology.
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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Well, I’m not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn’t interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they’re a phony, I just don’t bother with them, that’s all.
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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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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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