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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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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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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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Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.
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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
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I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.
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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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No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that
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Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
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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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Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
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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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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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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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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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The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.
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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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You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
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In Kansas I have a chess school.
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