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Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.

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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I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I'm going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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I don't listen to weakies.
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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 was never invited to the White House.
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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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There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
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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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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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When I was eleven, I just got good.
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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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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...
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I am boring. I am boring!
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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 know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess
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I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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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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