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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.

Bobby Fischer

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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
Illinois
Boby Fischer
Robert James Fischer
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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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I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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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 am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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 grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I'm too old, it's too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
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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 remember one thing I learned in school.
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I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
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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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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.
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