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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
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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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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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My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.
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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 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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The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.
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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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I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
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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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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.
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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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No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
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The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.
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You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
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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 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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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 am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
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