Champion Quote by Garry Kasparov

Fischer is the strongest player in the world. In fact, the strongest player who ever lived

— Larry Evans

With or without the title, Bobby Fischer was unquestionably the greatest player of his time

— Burt Hochberg

What was great about Fischer is that when he became world champion is that chess was being covered everywhere. It was in all the…

— Hikaru Nakamura

I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an…

— Bruce Pandolfini

Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time!

— Alexander Kotov

While it is a cause for regret that Fischer did not continue to produce scintillating games, he perhaps had a greater impact on chess…

— John Nunn

As with Steinitz, Fischer's genius has often been concealed by controversies away from the board. Like Lasker, Fischer has raised chess to new financial…

— Andrew Soltis

It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often…

— Efim Geller

Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.

— Mikhail Tal

Bobby Fischer was hugely important for the American chess community because it put chess on the map - he made it possible for other…

— Liz Garbus

Fischer does not merely outplay opponents; he leaves them bodily and mentally glutted. Fisher himself speaks of the exultant instant in which he feels…

— George Steiner

The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years.

— Viktor Korchnoi