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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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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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There's no one alive I can't beat.
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I don't believe in psychology.
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Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
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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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If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me
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Alekhine developed as a player much more slowly than most. In his twenties, he was an atrocious chessplayer, and didn't mature until he was well into his thirties.
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I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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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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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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Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next.
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I don't listen to weakies.
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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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I really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.
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Chess demands total concentration
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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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Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it
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The Russians have held my title for ten years and they're going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They're going to have to wait and play under my conditions.
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