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Anatoly Karpov Inspirational Quotes (49)

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An amusing fact: as far as I can recall, when playing the Ruy Lopez I have not yet once in my life had to face the Marshall Attack!
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My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.
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I lost the match. I blame only myself for this. There were many opportunities to win. But I missed them, no one else.
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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.
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The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others.
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I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.
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First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
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I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
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I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.
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After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired.
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Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
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Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
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By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.
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If the opponent offers keen play I don't object but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.
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I didn't picture myself as even a grandmaster, to say nothing of aspiring to the chess crown. This was not because I was timid - I wasn't - but because I simply lived in one world, and the grandmasters existed in a completely different one. People like that were not really even people, but like gods or mythical heroes.
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No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
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Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it in matches with Hjartarson and Timman it served me well. - on preparing for World Championship versus Garry Kasparov
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Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.
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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
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It doesn't require much for misfortune to strike in the King's Gambit - one incautious move, and Black can be on the edge of the abyss.
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Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have very strong nervous system and then you must be well prepared, you must be able to work a lot.
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No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that
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The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.
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