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
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
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.
Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.
Blunders rarely travel alone.
To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.
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.