Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
BOBBY FISCHERFIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.
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I like to make them squirm.
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, ’84-’85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that.
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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind
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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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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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In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I do and other players do about opening theory.
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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
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Our mind is all we’ve got. Not that it won’t lead us astray sometimes, but we still have to analyze things out within ourselves.
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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You are never too old to play chess!
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