I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
BOBBY FISCHERMorphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
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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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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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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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Well, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn’t just “trusting in God” to give me the moves.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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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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The United States is evil. It has to be brought down, it has to be eliminated from the world scene. They are the ones who have made the world the hell that it is.
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I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
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My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They’re not just persecuting me.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I do and other players do about opening theory.
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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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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
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That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
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Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind
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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.
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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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I was never invited to the White House.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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Americans like a winner. If you lose, you’re nothing. I’m going to win, though. It’s good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We’ve met five times. He’s won three times and we’ve drawn twice. But I’m a stronger player and a long match favors me.
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