I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
BOBBY FISCHERAs 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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Well, I’m not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn’t interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they’re a phony, I just don’t bother with them, that’s all.
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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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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Chess demands total concentration
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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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Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
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I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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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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I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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Chess is like war on a board
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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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In my opinion, the King’s Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
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