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I don't believe in hero worship.

Bobby Fischer

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Bobby Fischer
Age: 64 †
Born: 1943
Born: March 9
Died: 2008
Died: January 18
Chess Player
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Boby Fischer
Robert James Fischer
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it
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I really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.
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Chess is like war on a board
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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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.
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If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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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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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.
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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.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration
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There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
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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.
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I'd like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
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