146 Quotes by Bobby Fischer

If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me

I don't recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head. The main idea behind any opening is to get a strong pawn center and give your pieces a lot of scope so that you cramp your opponent's position and can attack weaknesses in his game.

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

As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.

Chess demands total concentration

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

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

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

Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his ooponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.