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Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
Journalist
Politician
Writer
Travel
Alone
Blunders
Rarely

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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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I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
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You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.
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Style? I have no style.
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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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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
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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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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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My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.
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The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.
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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.
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Style, I've got no style.
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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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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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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
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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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Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
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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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