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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
Anatoly Karpov
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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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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.
Anatoly Karpov
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.
Anatoly Karpov
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
I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
Anatoly Karpov
The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others.
Anatoly Karpov
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.
Anatoly Karpov
Blunders rarely travel alone.
Anatoly Karpov
First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
Anatoly Karpov
If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
Anatoly Karpov
My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.
Anatoly Karpov
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.
Anatoly Karpov
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.
Anatoly Karpov
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
Anatoly Karpov
You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
Anatoly Karpov
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
Anatoly Karpov
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.
Anatoly Karpov
It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
Anatoly Karpov
To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player one has to be a strong human being as well.
Anatoly Karpov
Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
Anatoly Karpov
No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that
Anatoly Karpov