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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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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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Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
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'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
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First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
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In Kansas I have a chess school.
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Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable.
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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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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.
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An amusing fact: as far as I can recall, when playing the Ruy Lopez I have not yet once in my life had to face the Marshall Attack!
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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.
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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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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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Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares is named after me.
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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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The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
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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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I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
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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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The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.
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