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.
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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So if you just brought them back from the dead they wouldn’t do well. They’d get bad openings.
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I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
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They’re lying bastards. Jews were always lying bastards throughout their history. They’re a filthy, dirty, disgusting, vile, criminal people.
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Chess is like war on a board
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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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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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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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In my opinion, the King’s Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
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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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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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The United States is an illegitimate country, just like Israel. It has no right to exist. That country belongs to the Red man, the American Indian…
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I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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