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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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The Russians have held my title for ten years and they're going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They're going to have to wait and play under my conditions.
Bobby Fischer
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Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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There's no one alive I can't beat.
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I really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.
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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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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 don't remember one thing I learned in school.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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Yeah, there are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely, you know. That's what I don't like.
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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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All my games are real
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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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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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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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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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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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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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There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
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I don't listen to weakies.
Bobby Fischer