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Image, My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments

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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.

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the

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The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, Furman astounded me with his chess depth, a depth which he revealed

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Furman astounded me with his chess depth, a depth which he revealed easily and naturally, as if all he were doing was establishing well-known truths.

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results.

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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

—Anatoly Karpov

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Image, Blunders rarely travel alone.

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Blunders rarely travel alone.

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are

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Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, You can’t play chess if you’re groggy from pills.

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You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, Style, I’ve got no style.

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Style, I've got no style.

—Anatoly Karpov

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Image, By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but

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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.

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.

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If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten

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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

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, If the opponent offers keen play I don’t object; but in such

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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.

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And

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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 a very strong nervous system, and then you must be well prepared; you must be able to work a lot.

—Anatoly Karpov

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

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

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a

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Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that

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No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that

—Anatoly Karpov

Image, Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent

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Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF

—Anatoly Karpov