Bobby Fischer Quotes

The Russians have fixed world chess.

Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!

When I won the World Championship in '72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

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

I was never invited to the White House.

Well, I'm not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn't interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they're a phony, I just don't bother with them, that's all.

I don't believe in hero worship.

Yeah, there are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely, you know. That's what I don't like.

There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.

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.

Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.

There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat.

It's little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.

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

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.

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