The best Quotes by Bobby Fischer

The best Quotes by Bobby Fischer

Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14.

The only opponents who aren't coming up with excuses for being defeated by me are computers.

(World Chess Champion)

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Losing & Defeat Excuses Chess

All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.

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

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

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The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.

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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

Quotes about Bobby Fischer

What was great about Fischer is that when he became world champion is that chess was being covered everywhere. It was in all the major newspapers, it was on TV.

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You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.

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Why are there so many Latina's in Illinois?
Because that's where the Chica go.

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Take me away, like I overdosed on cocaine
Or take me away like a bullet from Kurt Cobain, suicide
I'm from a windy city like Do or Die

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You can leave Chicago, but it will never leave you.

Village idiot? Hello, Chicago is a city, not a village, and the best city in the world!

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Looking at Chicago from outside the city in daylight is one of the most depressing sights in the world.

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Two-thirty, baby, won't you meet me by The Bean?
Too early, maybe later you can show me things
You know what it is, whenever I visit
Windy city, she blowin' me kisses

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There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner.

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Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.

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My favorite big city would have to be Chicago. I lived in Indiana for several years and would always go into the city with my family for Cubs games or to visit the aquarium and museums on field trips.

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They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Illinois - and that's pretty much the same thing.

You know how the game of chess is played. Pieces must be sacrificed!

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Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

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Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their religion or country of origin.

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In poker, you want to play the weaker guys. In chess, it's the opposite.

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People know three chess players: Magnus, Hikaru and me. That's bad. That's not my fault. And I hope it changes.

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What's worth more than a Queen? You are.

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Chess is a constant struggle between my desire not to lose and my desire not to think.

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"Checkmate" doesn't mean you've simply cornered the enemy king. It's a declaration that the enemy king is yours.

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It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.

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I believe that cheating in chess is a big deal and an existential threat to the game.

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The single most important thing in life is to believe in yourself regardless of what everyone else says.

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A good player knows how to win the game, a good character knows how to lose it, while smiling.

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Character Playing Losing & Defeat

In this world everything is governed by balance. There's what you stand to gain and what you stand to lose. And in this moment they think they have nothing to lose. And when you believe you've got nothing to lose, you're overconfident. We will be the ones that are going to show them just how much they have to lose.

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Losing & Defeat Winning

The loser isn't the one who's falling down, it's the one who doesn't stand up.

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Courage Losing & Defeat Getting up Falling down

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

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Winners don't make excuses when the other side plays the game.

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Winning Excuses

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

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Kindness Excuses

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