Bobby Fischer Moving Quotations

Well, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn't just "trusting in God" to give me the moves.

All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves

My sister bought me a set at a candy store and taught me the moves.

You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances

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.

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

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

I studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There's no doubt of it in my mind.

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