If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
BOBBY FISCHERMorphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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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!
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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
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You are never too old to play chess!
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They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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Genius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not.
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Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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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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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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