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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.

Bobby Fischer

America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they’re doing in Yugoslavia…
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Control Country Mean Under Yugoslavia
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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Champion Chess World
All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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Play Playing Chess Want
I’m not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I’m the best. You don’t need a match to prove it.
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Chess Game Needs World
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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Decided Dress Priding Themselves
I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I’m too old, it’s too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
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Freedom Late Order Speech Too
I like to make them squirm.
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Chess Like Make Psychology
I 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.
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Chess Game Destroy Love People
Tactics flow from a superior position
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Chess Game Flow Tactics
I was never invited to the White House.
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House Invited White
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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Chess Genius Know Nothing Piece
I have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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Country Open People Principles
Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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Chess Next Play
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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Cells Coward Mind Prison
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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Man Pawn Scope Strong Weaknesses
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.
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Ought Positional Square Until Use

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