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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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Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
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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.
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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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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.
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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.
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Style? I have no style.
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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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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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The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.
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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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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.
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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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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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No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.
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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.
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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.
Anatoly Karpov
Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable.
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