A lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10×8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things.
BOBBY FISCHERI love the game – and I hate the Russians because they’ve almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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I object to being called a chess genius because I consider myself to be an all around genius who just happens to play chess, which is rather different.
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I don’t listen to weakies.
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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 think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
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I don’t like to dwell on the past. I’m interested in Fischerandom now, I am working on a new clock, I’m trying to make chess a more exciting game today. I am not interested in sitting in my rocking chair thinking what I did 10, 20 or 30 years ago.
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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
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I am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
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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 have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
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