That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
BOBBY FISCHERDon’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I don’t listen to weakies.
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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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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Tactics flow from a superior position
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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 am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.
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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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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 don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
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Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
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Chess is like war on a board
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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
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I don’t keep any close friends. I don’t keep any secrets. I don’t need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that’s all.
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Well, I’m not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn’t interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they’re a phony, I just don’t bother with them, that’s all.
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