Chess is like war on a board
BOBBY FISCHERYeah, 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?
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
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I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, ’84-’85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that.
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When I win, I’ll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I’ll give players a chance to beat me.
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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Americans really don’t know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.
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Nothing is so healing as the human touch.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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This is not just my struggle, I’m not just doing this for myself… This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They’re a menace to the whole world.
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That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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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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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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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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