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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all

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Bobby Fischer
Age: 64 †
Born: 1943
Born: March 9
Died: 2008
Died: January 18
Chess Player
Inventor
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Boby Fischer
Robert James Fischer
Morphy
Chess
Genius
Greatest
Probably

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If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.
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I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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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 really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.
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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 don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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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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Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next.
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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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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration
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Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it
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I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess
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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'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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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 hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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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.
Bobby Fischer