Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind
BOBBY FISCHERI 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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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Well, I’m not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn’t interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they’re a phony, I just don’t bother with them, that’s all.
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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
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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 studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There’s no doubt of it in my mind.
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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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I like to make them squirm.
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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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I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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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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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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Americans like a winner. If you lose, you’re nothing. I’m going to win, though. It’s good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We’ve met five times. He’s won three times and we’ve drawn twice. But I’m a stronger player and a long match favors me.
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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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I have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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