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.
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.
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.
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.
There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.
![Bobby Fischer Quote - I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/i-have-nothing-to-do-with-politics-i-came-here-yug-683x1024.jpg)
