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Chess is like war on a board

Bobby Fischer

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Bobby Fischer
Age: 64 †
Born: 1943
Born: March 9
Died: 2008
Died: January 18
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Boby Fischer
Robert James Fischer
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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 prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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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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When I win, I'll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I'll give players a chance to beat me.
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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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It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.
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Chess demands total concentration
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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
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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.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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Sometimes girls write me. One girl in Yugoslavia sent me a whole slew of love letters. I don't know how she got my address. She was in a crowd watching me play. She says when I left there the stars fell out of the sky over Yugoslavia, or something like that.
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I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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Well, I'm not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn't interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they're a phony, I just don't bother with them, that's all.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it
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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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Yeah, there are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely, you know. That's what I don't like.
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