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Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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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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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.
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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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First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
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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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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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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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Blunders rarely travel alone.
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You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
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I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.
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This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.
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'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
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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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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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The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.
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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 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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No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
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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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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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