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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.

Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
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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, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
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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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Blunders rarely travel alone.
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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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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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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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