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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

Bobby Fischer

As Olafsson showed me, White can win… It’s hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
BOBBY FISCHER

Believe Night Winning
I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Games Think Thinking
I add status to any tournament I attend.
BOBBY FISCHER

Add Chess Tournaments
I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Game Men Psychology
I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Genius Play
Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Losing Opponents
It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Littles Machines
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…
BOBBY FISCHER

Belong Country Everybody Men
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
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Cells Coward Mind Prison
Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
BOBBY FISCHER

Ease Humans Suffering
When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because he used to come around to the Manhattan club in the forties – before he died in the early forties.
BOBBY FISCHER

Manhattan People Player
I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
BOBBY FISCHER

Asylums Government Political
People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
BOBBY FISCHER

Fifteen People Years
Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
BOBBY FISCHER

Done Image Nobody
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Fighting Hate Winning

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

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