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.
I have never opened with the QP - on principle.
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.
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.
I was never invited to the White House.
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.
I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.
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.
Is it against the law to kill a reporter?