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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.

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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Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
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The system set up by F.I.D.E. ... Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion... The Russians arranged it that way.
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The United States is evil. It has to be brought down, it has to be eliminated from the world scene. They are the ones who have made the world the hell that it is.
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All my games are real
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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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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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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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 was never invited to the White House.
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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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If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.
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I don't remember one thing I learned in school.
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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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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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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 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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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
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