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Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it

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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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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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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Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.
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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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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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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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If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.
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Alekhine developed as a player much more slowly than most. In his twenties, he was an atrocious chessplayer, and didn't mature until he was well into his thirties.
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Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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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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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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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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When I was eleven, I just got good.
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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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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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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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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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The Russians have fixed world chess.
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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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