They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
BOBBY FISCHERNothing eases suffering like human touch.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Chess is like war on a board
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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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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
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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 add status to any tournament I attend.
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There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
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I am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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I object to being called a chess genius because I consider myself to be an all around genius who just happens to play chess, which is rather different.
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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
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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 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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I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
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The main idea behind any opening is to get a strong pawn center and give your pieces a lot of scope so that you cramp your opponent’s position and can attack weaknesses in his game.
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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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