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 lot of people are chess geniuses, but I'm a genius who happens to play chess.
— Bobby Fischer Contemporary

Chess genius, eccentric recluse

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Interview with Ralph Ginzburg, 'The Bobby Fischer Story'

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1962

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Humorous

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