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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
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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
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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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The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.
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Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.
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The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
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To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player one has to be a strong human being as well.
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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.
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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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No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that
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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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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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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
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Blunders rarely travel alone.
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Style, I've got no style.
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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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I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
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'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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