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

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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Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Boby Fischer
Robert James Fischer
Chess
Knowing
Matter
Duck
Punch
Ducks
Judgement
Delicate

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The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.
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The Russians have fixed world chess.
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Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me.
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Americans like a winner. If you lose, you're nothing. I'm going to win, though. It's good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We've met five times. He's won three times and we've drawn twice. But I'm a stronger player and a long match favors me.
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I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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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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Vacations are designed to refresh the outlook of everyone. No matter how tired they may be when they return to work, vacationers have been refreshed emotionally and intellectually. Their effectiveness in their job has probably improved, and they are, generally speaking, better employees for the time off.
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Americans 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.
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I don't remember one thing I learned in school.
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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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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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When I was eleven, I just got good.
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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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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I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.
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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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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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