Chess Quotes

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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to. — Bobby Fischer
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
I add status to any tournament I attend. — Bobby Fischer
I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all. — Bobby Fischer
I like to make them squirm. — Bobby Fischer
I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all around genius, who just happens to play chess, which… — Bobby Fischer
I think it's almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically. — Bobby Fischer
If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game. — Bobby Fischer
I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it. — Bobby Fischer
Let's play. I'm willing to play anywhere. — Bobby Fischer
My sister bought me a set at a candy store and taught me the moves. — Bobby Fischer
People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years. — Bobby Fischer
Play out a boring game to the end and funny things can happen; Fischer knew it. — Hans Ree
Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact. — Bobby Fischer
Regardless of Bobby's recent hate-filled rantings, which I abhor, he is nonetheless one of the greatest chessplayers of all time. — Frank Brady
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… — Bobby Fischer
The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning it are abundant.… — Israel Albert Horowitz
The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed. — Garry Kasparov
The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years. — Viktor Korchnoi
The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality. — Bobby Fischer

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