There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
BOBBY FISCHERAll I ever want to do is just play chess.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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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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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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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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Tactics flow from a superior position
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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 have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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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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So if you just brought them back from the dead they wouldn’t do well. They’d get bad openings.
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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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I don’t believe in wasting time. My goal is to win the World Chess Championship; to beat the Russians. I take this very seriously.
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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 listen to weakies.
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