Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
BOBBY FISCHERIf you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.
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Well, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn’t just “trusting in God” to give me the moves.
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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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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they’re doing in Yugoslavia…
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My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They’re not just persecuting me.
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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’m really not interested in that. I want to keep the old chess flavor. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it’s not degenerated down to memorisation and prearrangement like it is today.
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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
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You are never too old to play chess!
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I don’t like to dwell on the past. I’m interested in Fischerandom now, I am working on a new clock, I’m trying to make chess a more exciting game today. I am not interested in sitting in my rocking chair thinking what I did 10, 20 or 30 years ago.
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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I like to make them squirm.
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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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