Quotes from Anatoly Karpov

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

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.

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

I didn't know so well chess theory, the theory of chess openings. And so, of course I knew the theory, but not on the level of the best players, so this was my... this was always my weakness.

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

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.

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

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

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

As a personality, I'm fighter, you know. And I don't give up, and if I believe I'm correct, I'm right, then I work, and I fight. Okay, this could be over a chess board, this could be in life, and so I defend my principles.

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

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

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!

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.

Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course, chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have a very strong nervous system, and then you must be well prepared; you must be able to work a lot.

Russia is a state within a state. To understand the population of Russia, you need to know the areas of the country; you need an understanding of the people and their interests.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been no Kasparov as a good chess player at all.