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I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.

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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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Chess

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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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I'd like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.
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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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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
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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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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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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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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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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 am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration
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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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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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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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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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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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I don't believe in psychology.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.
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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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