Our mind is all we’ve got. Not that it won’t lead us astray sometimes, but we still have to analyze things out within ourselves.
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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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I’m going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.
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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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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I’m too old, it’s too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn’t seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn’t like that, so I decided I’d have to show them they weren’t any better than me, you know?
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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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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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Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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