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Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
Journalist
Politician
Writer
Blunders
Rarely
Travel
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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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In Kansas I have a chess school.
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First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
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After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired.
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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
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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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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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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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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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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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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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