Chess is like war on a board
BOBBY FISCHERMaybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I’d like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.
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The main idea behind any opening is to get a strong pawn center and give your pieces a lot of scope so that you cramp your opponent’s position and can attack weaknesses in his game.
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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The system set up by F.I.D.E. … Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion… The Russians arranged it that way.
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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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A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he’s like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.
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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 am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.
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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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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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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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Chess demands total concentration
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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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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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