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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
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Chicago
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Boby Fischer
Robert James Fischer
Morphy
Chess
Genius
Greatest
Probably

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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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If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.
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Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can't separate body from mind
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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 was in Japan a couple of months ago, I saw a preview for the movie Pearl Harbor. And they showed the Japanese airplanes coming in to bomb Pearl Harbor, and I applauded. Nobody else in the theater applauded.
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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 believe in psychology.
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All my games are real
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his ooponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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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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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 prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.
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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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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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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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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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