No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that Anatoly Karpov More Quotes by Anatoly Karpov More Quotes From Anatoly Karpov Chess is everything: art, science, and sport. Anatoly Karpov board-gamessportsart Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position Anatoly Karpov soilfoundationpawns Blunders rarely travel alone. Anatoly Karpov blunders The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this. Anatoly Karpov capablancaopinionchess 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. Anatoly Karpov irritationgamesmoving Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless. Anatoly Karpov dreamhappinessfunny 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. Anatoly Karpov meanmovingthinking 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 very strong nervous system and then you must be well prepared, you must be able to work a lot. Anatoly Karpov qualitystronggames To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well. Anatoly Karpov championstrongplayer Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent. Anatoly Karpov strength-and-weaknessopponentsweakness I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4. Anatoly Karpov pawnsresultschess The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. Anatoly Karpov championplayerchess I didn't picture myself as even a grandmaster, to say nothing of aspiring to the chess crown. This was not because I was timid - I wasn't - but because I simply lived in one world, and the grandmasters existed in a completely different one. People like that were not really even people, but like gods or mythical heroes. Anatoly Karpov differentheropeople 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. Anatoly Karpov blackkingsmoving I don't pretend to anything more than harmony. Anatoly Karpov harmony But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position! Anatoly Karpov opponentschesssuccess Style? I have no style. Anatoly Karpov style It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively. Anatoly Karpov piecescostchess The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others. Anatoly Karpov learningpaceordinary 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. Anatoly Karpov gameswinningplay
