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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.

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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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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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...
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I don't believe in hero worship.
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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 hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.
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When I was eleven, I just got good.
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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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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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I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.
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Sometimes girls write me. One girl in Yugoslavia sent me a whole slew of love letters. I don't know how she got my address. She was in a crowd watching me play. She says when I left there the stars fell out of the sky over Yugoslavia, or something like that.
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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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I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.
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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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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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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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