I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent
BOBBY FISCHERI like to make them squirm.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I don’t like to dwell on the past. I’m interested in Fischerandom now, I am working on a new clock, I’m trying to make chess a more exciting game today. I am not interested in sitting in my rocking chair thinking what I did 10, 20 or 30 years ago.
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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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You are never too old to play chess!
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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I studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There’s no doubt of it in my mind.
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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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Chess is like war on a board
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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I’m not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I’m the best. You don’t need a match to prove it.
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Too many times, people don’t try their best. They don’t have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you’ve got to guard your reputation – every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That’s why I don’t clown around.
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I don’t believe in psychology.
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These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book!
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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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