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I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
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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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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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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.
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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!
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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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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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