It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I lost the match. I blame only myself for this. There were many opportunities to win. But I missed them, no one… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
It doesn't require much for misfortune to strike in the King's Gambit - one incautious move, and Black can be on the… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Furman astounded me with his chess depth, a depth which he revealed easily and naturally, as if all he were doing was… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
An amusing fact: as far as I can recall, when playing the Ruy Lopez I have not yet once in my life… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this ... — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities.… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The days when it was possible to win a serious game only by merit of sporting character or depth of chess understanding… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I didn't picture myself as even a grandmaster, to say nothing of aspiring to the chess crown. This was not because I… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
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… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I didn't know so well chess theory, the theory of chess openings. And so, of course I knew the theory, but not… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is a beautiful place. I like it more and more and plan to be here often. It's a great place… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson and Timman… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Russia is a state within a state. To understand the population of Russia, you need to know the areas of the country; you need… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
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… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
