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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.

Anatoly Karpov

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Anatoly Karpov
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 23
Chess Player
Journalist
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Harmony
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Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
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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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Style? I have no style.
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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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The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others.
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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
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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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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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We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.
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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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Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.
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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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In Kansas I have a chess school.
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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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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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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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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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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
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