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
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.
Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
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.
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.
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others.
No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that
Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson and Timman it served me well. - on preparing for World Championship versus Garry Kasparov
First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control
I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors
'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
Style? I have no style.