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17 quotes by Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov, 2006 Full name Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов) Country Soviet Union Russia Born (1951-05-23) May 23, 1951 (age 63) Zlatoust, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Title Grandmaster (1970) World Champion 1975–85 1993–99 (FIDE) FIDE rating 2628 (February 2015) (No. 177 on the July 2011 FIDE ratings list) Peak rating 2780 (July 1994) Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, PhD (Russian: Анато лий Евге ньевич...
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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

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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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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... →

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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... →

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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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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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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Style? I have no style.

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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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First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.

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