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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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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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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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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
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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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I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.
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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
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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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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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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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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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Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
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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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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.
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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.
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Style, I've got no style.
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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.
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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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In Kansas I have a chess school.
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Blunders rarely travel alone.
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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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