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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.

Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
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Blunders rarely travel alone.
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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 everything: art, science, and sport.
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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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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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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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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 my life, but my life is not chess.
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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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Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
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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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I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
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Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable.
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Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
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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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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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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.
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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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The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
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