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

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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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I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.
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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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If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.
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The old chess is too limited. Imagine playing cards, black jack for example, and every time the dealer has the same starting hand you have the same starting hand. What's the point?
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I don't remember one thing I learned in school.
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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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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I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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I am boring. I am boring!
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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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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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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My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They're not just persecuting me. This is not just my struggle, I'm not just doing this for myself... This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They're a menace to the whole world.
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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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Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me.
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