By: sorin

sorin — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:44:05 +0000

Wow! Thank you very much, chess player!

By: chess player

chess player — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:58:36 +0000

***”Chess is life.”
***”All I want to do, ever, is just play chess.”
***”I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves.”
***”All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.”
***”You can only get good at chess if you love the game.”
***”Chess demands total concentration and a love for the game.”
***”"I give 98 percent of my mental energy to chess. Others give only 2 percent.”
***”Your body has to be in top condition. Your chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind.”
***”I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I’m always confident.”
***”Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.”
***”People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.”
***”It’s just you and your opponent at the board and you’re trying to prove something.”
***”Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind.”
***”I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.”
***”You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances.”
***”That’s what chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.”
“I like to make them squirm.”
***”I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.”
“There are tough players and nice guys, and I’m a tough player.”
***”I am the best player in the world and I am here to prove it.”
“You know, I can beat all those guys.”
“There’s no one alive I can’t beat.”
“Let’s play. I’m willing to play anywhere.”
“I add status to any tournament I attend.”
“Genius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not.”
“When I was eleven, I just got good.”
***”The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.”
“If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me.”
“If you don’t win, it’s not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game.”
“Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it.”
“Chess is a matter of delicate judgment, knowing when to punch and how to duck.”
“A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will.”
“I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can’t play good chess.”
“I really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.”
“It’s pretty tough because of all the tension and all the concentration, sitting there hour after hour. It’s…exhausting.”
“It’s like taking a five hour final examination.”
“The Russians have fixed world chess.”
“I have nothing to do with politics. I came here (Yugoslavia) to play chess and nothing else.”
“I despise the media.”
“Is it against the law to kill a reporter?”
“They like to write only bad things about me.”
“I’m not as soft or as generous a person as I would be if the world hadn’t changed me.”
“I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.”
“Tactics flow from a superior position.”
Best by test.” — Bobby Fischer (on 1.e4)
I wanted to give them something to think about when they prepare for me in future tournaments.”
It’s just a matter of throwing in a few sacrifices, then checkmate!” Sicilian Dragon
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.” (advice to his biographer, Frank Brady, who had asked for chess lessons)
Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.”
My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration.”
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’d like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.” — Bobby Fischer
“Lots of the time I’m traveling around. Europe, South America, Iceland. But when I’m home, I don’t know, I don’t do much. I get up at eleven o’clock maybe. I’ll get dressed and all, look at some chess books, go downstairs and eat. I never cook my own meals. I don’t believe in that stuff. I don’t eat in luncheonettes or Automats either. I like a waiter to wait on me. Good restaurants. After I eat I usually call up some of my chess friends, go over and analyze a game or something. Maybe I’ll go to a chess club. Then maybe I’ll see a movie or something. There’s really nothing for me to do. Maybe I’ll study some chess book.” — Bobby Fischer
My sister bought me a set at a candy store and taught me the moves.” — Bobby Fischer
“I don’t care! I don’t have to show anybody my games just because they’re a big shot!” — Bobby Fischer
“All my games are real.” — Bobby Fischer
“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.” — Bobby Fischer
“Our mind is all we’ve got. Not that it won’t lead us astray sometimes, but we still have to analyze things out within ourselves.” — Bobby Fischer
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Robert James “Bobby” Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008)
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It began to feel as though you were playing against chess itself.” — Walter Shipman (on playing against Fischer)
When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.” — Boris Spassky
In complicated positions, Bobby hardly had to be afraid of anybody.” — Paul Keres
In Fischer’s hands, a slight theoretical advantage is as good a being a queen ahead.” — Isaac Kashdan
Nonsense was the last thing he was interested in, as far as chess was concerned.” — Elie Agur (on Fischer)
His chess was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever.” — Dave Regis (on Fischer)
There is only one thing Fischer does in chess without pleasure: lose!” — Boris Spassky
Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.” — Mikhail Tal
The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed.” — Garry Kasparov (on Fischer’s play during most of the ‘92 rematch with Spassky
FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.” — Bobby Fischer
Fischer prefers to enter chess history alone.” — Miguel Najdorf
Many people allow their judgments concerning Fischer the individual to influence their judgment of Fischer the chessplayer.” — Ed Kennedy
Bobby is not crazy like they say. And believe me, I know crazy. He simply failed to keep up normal relations.” — Viktor Korchnoi

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