The system set up by F.I.D.E. … Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion… The Russians arranged it that way.
BOBBY FISCHEREvery chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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 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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I like to make them squirm.
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I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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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.
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Nothing is so healing as the human touch.
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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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Americans like a winner. If you lose, you’re nothing. I’m going to win, though. It’s good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We’ve met five times. He’s won three times and we’ve drawn twice. But I’m a stronger player and a long match favors me.
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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 can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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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 consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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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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