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Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it in matches with Hjartarson and Timman it served me well. - on preparing for World Championship versus Garry Kasparov

Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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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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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
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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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Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
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