Anatoly Karpov Quotes
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.
Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.
Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
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.
The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.
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.
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.
To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.
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.
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.
I lost the match. I blame only myself for this. There were many opportunities to win. But I missed them, no one else.
Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
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.
The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others.
I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.
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.
I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.
No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
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!
No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that
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.
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!
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.
