A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
BOBBY FISCHERThe system set up by F.I.D.E. … Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion… The Russians arranged it that way.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I’m too old, it’s too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
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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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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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Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn’t seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn’t like that, so I decided I’d have to show them they weren’t any better than me, you know?
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There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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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 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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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.
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In my opinion, the King’s Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
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I am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.
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Sometimes girls write me. One girl in Yugoslavia sent me a whole slew of love letters. I don’t know how she got my address. She was in a crowd watching me play. She says when I left there the stars fell out of the sky over Yugoslavia, or something like that.
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