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I don't remember one thing I learned in school.

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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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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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I was never invited to the White House.
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Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.
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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 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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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 don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.
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All my games are real
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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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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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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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There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
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The system set up by F.I.D.E. ... Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion... The Russians arranged it that way.
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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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It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.
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She and I just don't see eye to eye together. She's a square. She keeps telling me that I'm too interested in chess, that I should get friends outside of chess, you can't make a living from chess, that I should finish high school and all that nonsense. She keeps in my hair and I don't like people in my hair, you know, so I had to get rid of her.
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Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
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