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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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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
Journalist
Politician
Writer
Sacrifice
Days
Four
Games
Two
Time
Valuable

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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.
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