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Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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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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No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
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Style, I've got no style.
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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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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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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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I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.
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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.
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