Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, PhDis a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once again after Kasparov broke away from FIDE in 1993. He held the title until 1999, when he resigned his title in protest against FIDE's new world championship rules. For his decades-long standing...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth23 May 1951
CountryRussian Federation
Anatoly Karpov quotes about
I like 1.e4 very much but my results with 1.d4 are better.
Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this ...
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.
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.
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.
I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.
Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
Style, I've got no style.
Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF
It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.