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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.

Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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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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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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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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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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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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In Kansas I have a chess school.
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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 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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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 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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I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.
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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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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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'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
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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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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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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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But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!
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