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Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!


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You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one



In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language.

In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language.



If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring.

If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring.



Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.



There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine



Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent

Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent



To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.

To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.



When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'

When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'



Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.



Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.

Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.





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When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.



Khatami is a symptom and not the cause of change in Iran.

Khatami is a symptom and not the cause of change in Iran.



If you are unhappy, you are too high up in your mind.

If you are unhappy, you are too high up in your mind.



If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.

If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.



Grief is only the memory of widowed affection. The more intense the delight in the presence of the object, the more poignant must be the impression of the absence.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affection. The more intense the delight in the presence of the object, the more poignant must be the impression of the absence.



I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.

I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.



I didn't lie, I was writing fiction with my mouth.

I didn't lie, I was writing fiction with my mouth.



Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

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