Bobby Fischer Quotes And Sayings

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“Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.”
– Bobby Fischer

“When asked by a journalist when he would be playing for the world championship, Fischer replied, Perhaps in 1963. Why not? Yes, I believe I will soon be world champion.” – Leipzig, 1960″
– Bobby Fischer

“When asked if he was better than Morphy, Steinitz, and Capablanca, Fischer responded, Well, I don’t like to put things like that in print, it sounds so egotistical. But to answer your question, Yes.”- Ginzburg interview, Harper’s Magazine 1962″
– Bobby Fischer

“When asked what his greatest pleasure in chess was, Fischer responded, Crushing the other guy’s ego. I like to see ‘em squirm.” – Dick Cavett interview 1971″
– Bobby Fischer

“When asked why draws shouldn’t count in a match, Fischer wrote, The whole idea is to make sure the players draw blood by winning games, and the spectators get their money’s worth. And the most importantly as an accurate test of who is the world’s best player.” – letter to Larry Evans, 1974, published in Chess Life & Review”
– Bobby Fischer

“When asked why the Russians dominate chess, Fischer replied, They are subsidized by the government. They keep at it. We have a lot of talented players in this country, but for one reason or another, they just kind of fade out and lose interest. Not much incentive.” – Dick Cavett interview 1971″
– Bobby Fischer

“When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because he used to come around to the Manhattan club in the forties – before he died in the early forties. They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.”
– Bobby Fischer

“When I was eleven, I just got good.”
– Bobby Fischer

“When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.”
– Bobby Fischer

“While in Curacao, Bobby visited a brothel. When asked later how he enjoyed it, he said, Chess is better.” – Curacao, 1962″
– Bobby Fischer

“You can only get good at Chess if you love the game.”
– Bobby Fischer

“You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances.”
– Bobby Fischer

“Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind.”
– Bobby Fischer

“There is only one thing in chess that Fischer does without pleasure – to lose !”
– Boris Spassky

“When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.”
– Boris Spassky

“The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed. – (after the 1992 Fischer – Spassky rematch)”
– Garry Kasparov

“Play out a boring game to the end and funny things can happen; Fischer knew it.”
– Hans Ree

“Not only will I predict his triumph over Botvinnik, but I’ll go further and say that he’ll probably be the greatest chess player that ever lived.”
– John Collins

“Robert Fischer is a law unto himself.”
– Larry Evans

“The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five- star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc.”
– Lev Khariton

“There’s never before been a Chess player with such a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of the game and such an absolutely indomitable will to win. I think Bobby will be the greatest player that ever lived.”
– Lisa Lane

“It’s easy to get obsessed with chess. That’s what happened with Fischer and Paul Morphy. I don’t have that same obsession.”
– Magnus Carlsen

“Suddenly it was obvious to me in my analysis I had missed what Fischer had found with the greatest of ease at the board.”
– Mikhail Botvinnik

“When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: “Well, you laughed when I wrote it down.”"
– Mikhail Tal

“Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: ‘I had already analyzed this possibility’ in a position which I thought was not possible to foresee from the opening.”
– Mikhail Tal

“The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years. – (on the Fischer clock)”
– Victor Kortchnoi

“You could say that both Fischer and Carlsen had or have the ability to let chess look simple.”
– Viswanathan Anand

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