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In Kansas I have a chess school.

Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
Journalist
Politician
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Kansas
Chess
School

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Style? I have no style.
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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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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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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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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.
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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
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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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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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I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
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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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I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.
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You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
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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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To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player one has to be a strong human being as well.
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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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Blunders rarely travel alone.
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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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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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Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.
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