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.
BOBBY FISCHERThe 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…
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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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.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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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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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games.
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Well, I’m not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn’t interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they’re a phony, I just don’t bother with them, that’s all.
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Chess is like war on a board
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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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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
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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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The Russians have held my title for ten years and they’re going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They’re going to have to wait and play under my conditions.
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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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