If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
BOBBY FISCHERWell, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn’t just “trusting in God” to give me the moves.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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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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A lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10×8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things.
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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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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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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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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.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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Too many times, people don’t try their best. They don’t have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you’ve got to guard your reputation – every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That’s why I don’t clown around.
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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
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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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