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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
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Boby Fischer
Robert James Fischer
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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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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Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.
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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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Tactics flow from a superior position
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I don't remember one thing I learned in school.
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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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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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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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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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I really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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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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Our mind is all we've got. Not that it won't lead us astray sometimes, but we still have to analyze things out within ourselves.
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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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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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All my games are real
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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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 like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.
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