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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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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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First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.
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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.
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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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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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There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.
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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 don't believe in hero worship.
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When I won the World Championship in '72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.
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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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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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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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I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.
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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.
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