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.
BOBBY FISCHERUltimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I love chess, and I didn’t invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I consider the old chess is dying, it really is dead.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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Americans really don’t know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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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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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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That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
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This is not just my struggle, I’m not just doing this for myself… This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They’re a menace to the whole world.
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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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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In my opinion, the King’s Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
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I’d like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.
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I’m not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I’m the best. You don’t need a match to prove it.
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I don’t keep any close friends. I don’t keep any secrets. I don’t need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that’s all.
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