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.
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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First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.
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I don’t care! I don’t have to show anybody my games just because they’re a big shot!
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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
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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 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 believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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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.
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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The United States is an illegitimate country, just like Israel. It has no right to exist. That country belongs to the Red man, the American Indian…
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They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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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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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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