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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.
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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.
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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
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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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'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
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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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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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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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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
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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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I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.
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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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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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Style? I have no style.
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I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
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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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Style, I've got no style.
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You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
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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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Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
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