Bobby Fischer Quotes

When I win, I'll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I'll give players a chance to beat me.

People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.

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

You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.

Tactics flow from a superior position

I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.

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!

I like the moment when I break a man's ego.

FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.

I think it's almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.

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

It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.

Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn't seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn't like that, so I decided I'd have to show them they weren't any better than me, you know? They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, 'He beat us at chess, but he's still just an uncouth kid.' So I decided to dress up.

Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next.

I don't remember one thing I learned in school.

Chess is like war on a board

Nothing eases suffering like human touch.

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

I was never invited to the White House.

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

I add status to any tournament I attend.

I love the game - and I hate the Russians because they've almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.

All my games are real

Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me.

Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...

They're lying bastards. Jews were always lying bastards throughout their history. They're a filthy, dirty, disgusting, vile, criminal people.

I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.

For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the next lesson, I want you to do it again.

If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.

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.

America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia...

They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.

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