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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
Journalist
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'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
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In Kansas I have a chess school.
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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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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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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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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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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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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
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I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.
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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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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.
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The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
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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 the opponent offers keen play I don't object but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.
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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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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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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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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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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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