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Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next.
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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Illinois
Boby Fischer
Robert James Fischer
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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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It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.
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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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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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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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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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I don't believe in hero worship.
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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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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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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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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 play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they're going to know the truth when I do this book!
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There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
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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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Americans like a winner. If you lose, you're nothing. I'm going to win, though. It's good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We've met five times. He's won three times and we've drawn twice. But I'm a stronger player and a long match favors me.
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