Bobby Fischer Quotes About Chess

Quotes about: Chess

• All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

  Bobby Fischer

  Play, Want, Playing Chess

• I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

  Bobby Fischer

  Believe, Moving, Chess Game

• You can only get good at Chess if you love the game

  Bobby Fischer

  Learning, Games, Chess Game

• In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I do and other players do about opening theory. So if you just brought them back from the dead they wouldn't do well. They'd get bad openings.

  Bobby Fischer

  Player, Champion, Chess

  Radio Interview, www.geocities.jp. October 16, 2006.

• Chess demands total concentration

  Bobby Fischer

  Success, Demand, Chess

• I add status to any tournament I attend.

  Bobby Fischer

  Add, Chess, Tournaments

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

  Bobby Fischer

  Thinking, Games, Chess Game

• The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

  Bobby Fischer

  Success, Winning, Play

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

  Bobby Fischer

  Men, Chess Game, Psychology

  "Chess is a wonderful game, but it's no life coach" by Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2015.

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

  Bobby Fischer

  Crush, War, Chess Game

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

  Bobby Fischer

  Mistake, Moving, Chess Game

• I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.

  Bobby Fischer

  Player, Chess Game, World

  "Chess Digest Magazine", Volume 4, 1971.

• Blitz chess kills your ideas.

  Bobby Fischer

  Ideas, Chess, Blitz

• 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 is rather different. A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he's like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.

  Bobby Fischer

  Play, Different, Genius

  Radio Interview, www.geocities.jp. July, 6 2001.

• Chess is like war on a board

  Bobby Fischer

  War, Boards, Chess

• A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player

  Bobby Fischer

  Success, Strong, Memories

• Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all

  Bobby Fischer

  Genius, Chess

• I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

  Bobby Fischer

  Success, Chess Game, Giving

• Different people feel differently about resigning

  Bobby Fischer

  People, Different, Chess

  Bobby Fischer (2012). “My 60 Memorable Games: chess tactics, chess strategies with Bobby Fischer”, Pavilion Books

• Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it

  Bobby Fischer

  Thinking, Chess Game, Losing

• Tactics flow from a superior position

  Bobby Fischer

  Chess Game, Tactics, Flow

• I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.

  Bobby Fischer

  Women, Moving, Knights

• Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.

  Bobby Fischer

  Giving, Opponents, Chess

• All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.

  Bobby Fischer

  Moving, Chess Game, Psychology

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can't separate body from mind

  Bobby Fischer

  Chess Game, Training, Mind

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