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Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.
Anatoly Karpov
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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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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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Children can take lessons in that school via the Internet and can score extra points like e.g. in Geography or History. That sounds very promising and is a fantastic basis for future steps.
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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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No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that
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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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Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
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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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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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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
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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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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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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 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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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
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It doesn't require much for misfortune to strike in the King's Gambit - one incautious move, and Black can be on the edge of the abyss.
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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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