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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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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 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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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
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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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Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
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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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Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
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The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
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Blunders rarely travel alone.
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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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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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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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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 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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'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
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I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.
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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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