Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer
Robert James "Bobby" Fischerwas an American chess grandmaster, the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time. In 1972, he captured the World Chess Championship from Boris Spassky of the USSR in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland, publicized as a Cold War confrontation which attracted more worldwide interest than any chess championship before or since. In 1975, Fischer refused to defend his title when an agreement could not be reached with FIDE, the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth9 March 1943
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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.
Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.
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.
Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.
I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.
The system set up by F.I.D.E. ... Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion... The Russians arranged it that way.
All I ever want to do is just play chess.
Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knights-odds to and still beat.
I'm not as soft or as generous a person as I would be if the world hadn't changed me.
To get squares you have to give up squares.
Too many times, people don't try their best. They don't have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you've got to guard your reputation - every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That's why I don't clown around. I don't believe in wasting time. My goal is to win the World Chess Championship; to beat the Russians. I take this very seriously.
I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess