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I was never invited to the White House.

Bobby Fischer

These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book!
BOBBY FISCHER

Contempt Dog Lowest Runner
First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.
BOBBY FISCHER

Communism Firsts Mean Real Understand
I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Play Yugoslavia
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Man Pawn Scope Strong Weaknesses
I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Genius Play
All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Game Moving Psychology
People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
BOBBY FISCHER

Fifteen People Years
I add status to any tournament I attend.
BOBBY FISCHER

Add Chess Tournaments
When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because he used to come around to the Manhattan club in the forties – before he died in the early forties.
BOBBY FISCHER

Manhattan People Player
Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
BOBBY FISCHER

Done Image Nobody
There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Involved Luck
I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
BOBBY FISCHER

One Remember School Thing
There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.
BOBBY FISCHER

Games Half Player
Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
BOBBY FISCHER

Book Ends World
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.
BOBBY FISCHER

Champion Chess World
Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
BOBBY FISCHER

Chess Facts Psychology

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