Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.
BOBBY FISCHERNormally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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All I want to do, ever, is 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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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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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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A lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10×8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things.
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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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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
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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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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn’t seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn’t like that, so I decided I’d have to show them they weren’t any better than me, you know?
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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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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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