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I’m really not interested in that. I want to keep the old chess flavor. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it’s not degenerated down to memorisation and prearrangement like it is today.

Bobby Fischer

They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
BOBBY FISCHER

Answered Ask Stupid Years
If you don’t win, it’s not a great tragedy – the worst that happens is that you lose a game.
BOBBY FISCHER

Games Tragedy Winning
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!
BOBBY FISCHER

Contempt Dog Lowest Runner
Chess is like war on a board
BOBBY FISCHER

Boards Chess War
A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
BOBBY FISCHER

Memories Strong Success
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Champion Chess World
I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
BOBBY FISCHER

Games Moving Strong
I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Play Yugoslavia
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Play Winning Years
Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Crush Game War
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Lying Moving Religious
I don’t listen to weakies.
BOBBY FISCHER

Country Listen People Weakens
They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, ‘He beat us at chess, but he’s still just an uncouth kid.’ So I decided to dress up.
BOBBY FISCHER

Decided Dress Priding Themselves
All I ever want to do is just play chess.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Play Want
Nothing is so healing as the human touch.
BOBBY FISCHER

Healing Humans Nothing Touch
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 FISCHER

Ought Positional Square Until Use

I’m really not interested in that. I want to keep the old chess flavor. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it’s not degenerated down to memorisation and prearrangement like it is today.

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I’m really not interested in that. I want to keep the old chess flavor. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it’s not degenerated down to memorisation and prearrangement like it is today.

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