I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.
BOBBY FISCHERWhen I win, I’ll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I’ll give players a chance to beat me.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I was never invited to the White House.
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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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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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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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I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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Nothing is so healing as the human touch.
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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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These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book!
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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I love chess, and I didn’t invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I consider the old chess is dying, it really is dead.
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Too many times, people don’t try their best. They don’t have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you’ve got to guard your reputation – every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That’s why I don’t clown around.
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