FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
BOBBY FISCHERConcentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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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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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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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent
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Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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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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The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.
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I like to make them squirm.
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Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.
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Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?
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I love the game – and I hate the Russians because they’ve almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.
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