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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

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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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 prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.
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Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not.
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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 usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I'm going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.
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Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me.
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I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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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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Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it
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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!
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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 don't believe in hero worship.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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