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I was going to do a book abou...

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.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

I read a book lately by Nietz...

I read a book lately by Nietzsche and he says religion is just to dull the senses of the people. I agree.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

She and I just don't see eye ...

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.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

It's the fault of the chess p...

It's the fault of the chess players themselves. I don't know what they used to be, but now they're not the most gentlemanly group. When it was a game played by the aristocrats it had more like you know dignity to it. When they used to have the clubs, like no women were allowed and everybody went in dressed in a suit, a tie, like gentlemen, you know. Now, kids come running in their sneakers. Even in the best chess club-and they got women in there. It's a social place and people are making noise, it's a madhouse.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

When I used to go to the Manh...

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 133 quotes

I would rather be free in my ...

I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

I don't believe in psychology...

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

The United States is an illeg...

The United States is an illegitimate country, just like Israel. It has no right to exist. That country belongs to the Red man, the American Indian... It's actually a shame to be a so-called American, because everybody living there is a usurper, an invader taking part in this crime, which is to rob the land, rob the country and kill all the American Indians.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

I like to make them squirm. ...

I like to make them squirm.

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Well, you know, in America ev...

Well, you know, in America everybody is interested in making the dollar fast. In Yugoslavia no matter how much you hustle you're not going to get rich, so you might as well play chess.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

There was open collusion betw...

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.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

Maybe I should publish the bo...

Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

I'm not afraid of Spassky. Th...

I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

Teach people to play new ches...

Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

I have nothing to do with pol...

I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

My opponents make good moves ...

My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

I grew up with the concept of...

I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I'm too old, it's too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

Genius. It's a word. What doe...

Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

Americans like a winner. If y...

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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But the thing that was great ...

But the thing that was great about Capablanca was that he really spoke his mind, he said what he believed was true, he said what he felt. He [Capablanca] wanted to change the rules [of chess] already, back in the twenties, because he said chess was getting played out. He was right. Now chess is completely dead. It is all just memorisation and prearrangement. It's a terrible game now. Very uncreative.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

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