Bobby Fischer Quotes

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• I object to being called a chess genius because I consider myself to be an all around genius who just happens to play chess, which is rather different. A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he's like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.

  Bobby Fischer

  Play, Different, Genius

  Radio Interview, www.geocities.jp. July, 6 2001.

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• I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.

  Bobby Fischer

  Women, Moving, Knights

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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... It's actually a shame to be a so-called American, because everybody living there is a usurper, an invader taking part in this crime, which is to rob the land, rob the country and kill all the American Indians.

  Bobby Fischer

  Country, Men, Israel

  YouTube Chanel "Peter Wolf"/ "Bobby Fischer tells the truth and nothing but the truth", www.youtube.com. September 19, 2007.

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• I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.

  Bobby Fischer

  Cells, Mind, Coward

  Radio Interview, www.geocities.jp. May 24, 1999.

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• A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player

  Bobby Fischer

  Success, Strong, Memories

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• Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his ooponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.

  Bobby Fischer

  Simple, Player, Games

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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. A lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10x8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things. I'm really not interested in that. I want to keep the old chess flavor. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it's not degenerated down to memorisation and prearrangement like it is today.

  Bobby Fischer

  Games, Chess Game, People

  Radio Interview, www.geocities.jp. June 27, 1999.

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• They're all weak, all women. They're stupid compared to men. They shouldn't play chess, you know. They're like beginners. They lose every single game against a man. There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat.

  Bobby Fischer

  Stupid, Player, Men

  "Portrait of a genius as a young chess master". Interview with Ralph Ginzburg, harpers.org. January 1962.

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• Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

  Bobby Fischer

  Ducks, Knowing, Judgement

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• I don't recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head. 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.

  Bobby Fischer

  Strong, Moving, Games

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• You are never too old to play chess!

  Bobby Fischer

  Play, Chess

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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.

  Bobby Fischer

  Secret, Needs, Chess

  "Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master". Interview with Ralph Ginzburg, harpers.org. January 1962.

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• I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

  Bobby Fischer

  Believe, Moving, Chess Game

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• My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They're not just persecuting me. This is not just my struggle, I'm not just doing this for myself... This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They're a menace to the whole world.

  Bobby Fischer

  Struggle, Life And Death, World

  Radio Interview, www.geocities.jp. March 10, 1999.

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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. I don't believe in wasting time. My goal is to win the World Chess Championship; to beat the Russians. I take this very seriously.

  Bobby Fischer

  Success, Believe, Winning

  Svetozar Gligorić, Bobby Fischer, Boris Vasilyevich Spassky (1972). “Fischer v Spassky: the World Chess Championship Match, 1972”

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• I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.

  Bobby Fischer

  Girl, Conceited, Europe

  "Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master". Interview with Ralph Ginzburg, 1961.

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• The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

  Bobby Fischer

  Success, Winning, Play

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• Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. 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!

  Bobby Fischer

  Dog, Book, Games

  Bobby Fischer's remarks at the press conference, September 1, 1992.

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• I was in Japan a couple of months ago, I saw a preview for the movie Pearl Harbor. And they showed the Japanese airplanes coming in to bomb Pearl Harbor, and I applauded. Nobody else in the theater applauded.

  Bobby Fischer

  Couple, Airplane, Japan

  Radio Interview, www.geocities.jp. July 6, 2001.

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• Its just you and your opponent at the board and you're trying to prove something

  Bobby Fischer

  Trying, Boards, Opponents

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• You can only get good at Chess if you love the game

  Bobby Fischer

  Learning, Games, Chess Game

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• The United States is evil. It has to be brought down, it has to be eliminated from the world scene. They are the ones who have made the world the hell that it is.

  Bobby Fischer

  Evil, United States, World

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• I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

  Bobby Fischer

  Success, Chess Game, Giving

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• Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

  Bobby Fischer

  Crush, War, Chess Game

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• Blitz chess kills your ideas.

  Bobby Fischer

  Ideas, Chess, Blitz

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