I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
BOBBY FISCHERTo get squares you have to give up squares.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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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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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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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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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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When I won the World Championship in ’72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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Genius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not.
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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.
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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