I love chess, and I didn’t invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I consider the old chess is dying, it really is dead.
BOBBY FISCHERI have never opened with the QP – on principle.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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Chess demands total concentration
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I don’t believe in wasting time. My goal is to win the World Chess Championship; to beat the Russians. I take this very seriously.
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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.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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If you don’t win, it’s not a great tragedy – the worst that happens is that you lose a game.
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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.
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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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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
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So if you just brought them back from the dead they wouldn’t do well. They’d get bad openings.
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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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I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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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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