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But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!
Anatoly Karpov
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The days when it was possible to win a serious game only by merit of sporting character or depth of chess understanding have vanished forever. Chess knowledge has become dominant, bypassing all the other factors that contribute to success.
Anatoly Karpov
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New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
Mika
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This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.
Anatoly Karpov
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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
Anatoly Karpov
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Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
Anatoly Karpov
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I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.
Anatoly Karpov
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Style, I've got no style.
Anatoly Karpov
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Furman astounded me with his chess depth, a depth which he revealed easily and naturally, as if all he were doing was establishing well-known truths.
Anatoly Karpov
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Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.
Anatoly Karpov
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Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable.
Anatoly Karpov
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Children can take lessons in that school via the Internet and can score extra points like e.g. in Geography or History. That sounds very promising and is a fantastic basis for future steps.
Anatoly Karpov
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I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
Anatoly Karpov
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The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.
Anatoly Karpov
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The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
Anatoly Karpov
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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
Anatoly Karpov
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The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.
Anatoly Karpov
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To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player one has to be a strong human being as well.
Anatoly Karpov
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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
Anatoly Karpov
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People in life take on certain stories and say, 'I'm going to be defined by this story and I'm going to live up to every inch of this story.' Sometimes you realize the story isn't fulfilling you and in fact you're not living the life that you're given.
Stana Katic
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Comedy is like expensive cheese. Well, it's like cheese, in general. Everybody likes what they like, and everything they don't like, they think is the worst.
W. Kamau Bell
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Some things just strike me as funny. The way things play out just makes me laugh sometimes. It drives my wife crazy sometimes because I'll just be laughing for no reason.
W. Kamau Bell
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It doesn't do any good to just be on the side of black people. The funnier comedic position is to be on the side of oppressed people in general.
W. Kamau Bell
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There's an elitism that comes out with the entertainment industry. I'll talk about some shows, but I'm not gonna say that you're dumb for watching one over the other. I just let it go. I don't have to declare a fatwa on any of these things. I've gotten over some of my elitism.
W. Kamau Bell
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