All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
BOBBY FISCHERNothing eases suffering like human touch.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent
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There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.
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I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
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There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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You are never too old to play chess!
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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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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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Chess is like war on a board
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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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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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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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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
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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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