Quote

I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.

Anatoly Karpov

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
Journalist
Politician
Writer
Play
Pawns
Richer
Opportunities
Chess
Opportunity
Found

More quotes by Anatoly Karpov

Image
Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that
Anatoly Karpov
Image
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.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
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.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
Anatoly Karpov
Image
You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
The days when it was possible to win a serious game only by merit of sporting character or depth of chess understanding have vanished forever. Chess knowledge has become dominant, bypassing all the other factors that contribute to success.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
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
Image
The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
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.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
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!
Anatoly Karpov
Image
It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
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.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
Anatoly Karpov
Image
To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player one has to be a strong human being as well.
Anatoly Karpov