Anatoly Karpov Quotes

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.

Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.

All I ever want to do is just play chess.

In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd ... It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.

You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.

My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well.

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.

Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.

The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.

I barely know what my plans are for tomorrow, but I hope chess will remain a major part of my life.

I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position, that was the best thing for me.

Everybody uses computers to train so much now that the first nine or 10 moves of a match are made without thinking.

When you play chess alone it's always your move.

When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.

I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)

You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in Venezuela.

Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.

In chess there can never be a favorite move. I can probably pinpoint in a specific game, there might be a move that was like, "Oh, that was a good move." And maybe certain moves turned the whole game around, but there's not one special move that does that, unless it's checkmate because that's when the game is over.

In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time.

In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit down and play chess up till a certain age when it was not supposed to be cool anymore and people wanted to do other things.

Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)

Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his ooponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.