I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
BOBBY FISCHERAmericans really don’t know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
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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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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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I 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.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
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I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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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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You are never too old to play chess!
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I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, ’84-’85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that.
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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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First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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