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I don't care! I don't have to...

I don't care! I don't have to show anybody my games just because they're a big shot!

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.

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

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

It's little quirks like this ...

It's little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

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.

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My opponents make good moves ...

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

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.

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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

Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi ha...

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!

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

Alekhine developed as a playe...

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.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

I don't like to dwell on the ...

I don't like to dwell on the past. I'm interested in Fischerandom now, I am working on a new clock, I'm trying to make chess a more exciting game today. I am not interested in sitting in my rocking chair thinking what I did 10, 20 or 30 years ago.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

Chess demands total concentra...

Chess demands total concentration

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

My main interest right now is...

My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They're not just persecuting me. This is not just my struggle, I'm not just doing this for myself... This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They're a menace to the whole world.

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Its just you and your opponen...

Its just you and your opponent at the board and you're trying to prove something

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

He is the so-called father of...

He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece and players set out to attack the King directly. Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.

Bobby Fischer 133 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....