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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.

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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Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me.
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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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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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It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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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 prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.
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Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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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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If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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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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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
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Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they're going to know the truth when I do this book!
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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
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