Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
BOBBY FISCHERWell, 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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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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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So if you just brought them back from the dead they wouldn’t do well. They’d get bad openings.
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They’re lying bastards. Jews were always lying bastards throughout their history. They’re a filthy, dirty, disgusting, vile, criminal people.
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They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, ‘He beat us at chess, but he’s still just an uncouth kid.’ So I decided to dress up.
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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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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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All my games are real
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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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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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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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As Olafsson showed me, White can win… It’s hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
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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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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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