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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony. — Anatoly Karpov

Las Vegas is a beautiful place. I like it more and more and plan to be here often. It's a great place for chess. — Anatoly Karpov

Style? I have no style. — Anatoly Karpov

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

[Harry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma. — Viktor Korchnoi

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. — Anatoly Karpov

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! — Anatoly Karpov

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

Modern empires rise and fall not on armies, ideology, or violence, but on the instantaneous flow of capital. - Boris Karpov — Eric Van Lustbader

I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play. — Anatoly Karpov

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! — Anatoly Karpov

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this ... — Anatoly Karpov

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

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back. — Anatoly Karpov

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

It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively. — Anatoly Karpov

We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors. — Anatoly Karpov

My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography again. — Anatoly Karpov

Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless. — Anatoly Karpov

No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess. — Anatoly Karpov

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

Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable. — Anatoly Karpov

I have won Russia at least 16 world championships. I have fought for my country. — Anatoly Karpov

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess. — Anatoly Karpov

The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others. — Anatoly Karpov

We would have no king, and our kingdom would remain disorganized. — Karpov Kinrade

I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4. — Anatoly Karpov

My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well. — Vladimir Kramnik

Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent. — Anatoly Karpov

In Kansas I have a chess school. — Anatoly Karpov

You two will either kill each other by the end of the quarter, or fall in love. I'm not sure which yet. — Karpov Kinrade

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well. — Anatoly Karpov

The boy (then a 12 year old boy named Anatoly Karpov)doesn't have a clue about Chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession — Mikhail Botvinnik

I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event. — Anatoly Karpov

I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything. — Anatoly Karpov

I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, '84-'85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that. — Bobby Fischer

I lost the match. I blame only myself for this. There were many opportunities to win. But I missed them, no one else. — Anatoly Karpov

Remember, little Star, it's easy to fight, but much harder to know when. When to fight. When to win." His voice lowered. "When to lose. — Karpov Kinrade

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. — Anatoly Karpov

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport. — Anatoly Karpov

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

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

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

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. — Anatoly Karpov

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

When you find the one, when you share the spark of kismet, then it becomes inconceivable to walk through life with anyone else. — Karpov Kinrade