Bobby Fischer — "I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all …"

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 — Bobby Fischer Contemporary · Chess genius, eccentric recluse

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Interview with Ralph Ginzburg, 'The Bobby Fischer Story'

Date: 1962

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