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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.

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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There's no one alive I can't beat.
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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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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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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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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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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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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration
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The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.
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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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Chess is like war on a board
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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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Chess demands total concentration
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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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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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The old chess is too limited. Imagine playing cards, black jack for example, and every time the dealer has the same starting hand you have the same starting hand. What's the point?
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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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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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I really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.
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Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his ooponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.
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