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All I ever want to do is just play chess.

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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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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When I was eleven, I just got good.
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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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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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I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess
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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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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 was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, '84-'85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that.
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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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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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If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me
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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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Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me.
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All my games are real
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...
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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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