All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
BOBBY FISCHERIf you don’t win, it’s not a great tragedy – the worst that happens is that you lose a game.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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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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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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So if you just brought them back from the dead they wouldn’t do well. They’d get bad openings.
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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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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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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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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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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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If you don’t win, it’s not a great tragedy – the worst that happens is that you lose a game.
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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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Chess demands total concentration
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