Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
BOBBY FISCHERIf you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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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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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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When I win, I’ll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I’ll give players a chance to beat me.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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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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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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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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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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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 play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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