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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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Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.
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The United States is evil. It has to be brought down, it has to be eliminated from the world scene. They are the ones who have made the world the hell that it is.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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Yeah, there are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely, you know. That's what I don't like.
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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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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It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.
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I really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.
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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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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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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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I am boring. I am boring!
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Well, I'm not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn't interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they're a phony, I just don't bother with them, that's all.
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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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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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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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