Best quotes from the historically great players...

I can't decide between these 2:

When I am White I win because I am White. When I am Black I win because I am Bogolyubov. - Efim Bugoljubow

I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all around genius who just happens to play chess, which is rather different.  A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he is like an idiot savant.  Outside of chess he knows nothing. – Bobby Fischer

"I love all positions. Give me a difficult positional game, I'll play it. Give me a bad position, I'll defend it. Openings, endgames, complicated positions, and dull, drawn positions, I love them all and will give my best efforts. But totally winning positions I cannot stand."     ^{Jan Hein Donner}

You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted. - French Proverb

Why is Fischer's extremely offensive quote your favorite?

It is the first sentence in history to start with "A piece of garbage like Kasparov".

The quote is a beautiful counter-double-attack...someone attacked him, calling him a "chess genius", and with this same weapon, he double attacked "chess genius" and Kasparov for a crushing victory. 

Look at possible responses by Kasparov..."no, I am not a piece of garbage, you are" or "no, I am also a genius who happens to play chess"...Fischer maintains the initiative in either case.  Fischer-Kasparov 1-0.  

What's not to like? 

I guess that says something about you, Kasparov says nothing about Fischer, Fischer calls Kasparov a piece of garbage, and you think the ultimate response is calling someone "piece of garbage"?

Wow, let me guess, you watch Jershey Shore don't you?

The best way to refute a sacrifice is to accept it

I hope you're not serious

Is it Bogolyubov or Bugoljubow?

In fact, it is quite the opposite. Pretty much everything off the chessboard surrounding Fischer was bad, so it seems his intelligence was limited to chess.

This thread is soooooooooooooooooooo

Passe

After I read the 20 O's and looked up what "passe" means,

I still don't know what you mean

dude you all are dued fisher was better no kraporov was better

dued cant we all like give this up

"Who's move is it?" - Lenny Bongcloud

the best way to win is to checkmate

"dued its all about getting your king to the other side maaaannn!!!"  King Lenny

That's hilarious!

http://www.geocities.jp/bobbby_b/mp3/F_18_1.MP3

start from 8:33

No, no, no...you misunderstood.  Re-read my last post...after Fischer calls Kasparov a piece of garbage, if Kasparov responds by telling Fischer that Fischer is in fact a piece of garbage rather than himself, then that quote is of subpar quality compared to the initial garbage-call by Fischer, so Fischer wins.  Therefore calling someone "a piece of garbage" is not the ultimate response, but it is a damn good one, perhaps NM level.  (No, you watch Jersey Shore).  If there is a more "ultimate reponse", I haven't seen it from anyone, let alone from Kasparov. But this thread is not about quotation battles and it is not a quote competition either; it is about the best quotes from the best players.

Your insult to me is quasi-Fischer-esque but not so direct, which therefore makes it more Kasparov-ish.  I see that you are torn in that you defend one hero yet attempt to emulate the opposite other, with half-hearted results. What I am saying is...you are partially correct; I saw the South Park episode about Jersey Shore.  So I'll give you a half(-hearted) point on that one. It was not a bad episode, but certainly nowhere near the best.

If Kasparov had as great a quote against Fischer, please share it. In fact, Kasparov has said plenty about Fischer but nothing memorable/quotable because he is trying to be all political, proper, and stuff, trying to represent, trying to pretend his genius extends beyond chess (e.g., "chess genius").

Kasparov's veiled denigration of Fischer (e.g., inferring Karpov would have beaten him in 1975) is, strictly speaking, the ultimate insult to Fischer (not in my opinion because Fischer was a big pansy for not playing 1975, but probably in Fischer's opinion), however there is nothing in Kaspy's comments that challenge Fischer's for a "best quotes"; in fact, his comments on FIscher sound more like a rational argument or some other sort of serious discourse. 

Does all that "say something about" me?  I don't know, but I do know what it doesn't say: that I am a piece of garbage; I am no chess genius.

Oh my god.

So Fischer, incapable of rational argument, wins because he changed the discourse to irrational quotes. Kasparov, unable to adjust to such an absurd quote, is disrobed. Fischer proves to the world that he can win Kasparov, because the quote competition for Fischer, begins and ends in a looney bin, not a classroom of rational human beings. Is that it?