A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he’s like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.
BOBBY FISCHERFirst of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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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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Chess is like war on a board
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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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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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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.
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I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I’m too old, it’s too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
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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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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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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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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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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 can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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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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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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Yeah, 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?
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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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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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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The United States is evil. It has to be brought down, it has to be eliminated from the world scene. They are the ones who have made the world the hell that it is.
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I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
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