Tactics flow from a superior position
BOBBY FISCHERI 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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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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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I like to make them squirm.
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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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The United States is evil. It has to be brought down, it has to be eliminated from the world scene. They are the ones who have made the world the hell that it is.
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They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, ‘He beat us at chess, but he’s still just an uncouth kid.’ So I decided to dress up.
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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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Chess demands total concentration
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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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There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
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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 don’t believe in psychology.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I’m going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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