1.
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.
Boris Spassky
2.
In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody
Paul Keres
6.
I'm definitely the first no.1 in the world since Fischer, and probably at least since Kasparov, who probably has the most potential to dominate for the foreseeable future.
Magnus Carlsen
7.
I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business.
Anatoli Boukreev
8.
You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose -on playing against Fischer
Andrew Soltis
12.
Being a friend of Fischer obviously is no undivided pleasure, though being Fischer seems sadder.
Hans Ree
13.
You want to know what I want? I'll tell you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared.
Ben Kingsley
14.
Fischer is an American Chess tragedy on par with Morphy and Pillsbury
Mig Greengard
16.
If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving. (Quoting Scott Fischer)
Jon Krakauer