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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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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 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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I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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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 know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess
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The Russians have fixed world chess.
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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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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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There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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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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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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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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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
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