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"People knew about 110 years of chess history. Nowadays, nobody is able to tell you the name of the world champion of 2000."
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Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, and politician. He was the 12th World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985, a three-time FIDE World Champion, twice World Chess champion as a member of the USSR team, a six-time winner of Chess Olympiads as a member of the USSR team, and the 1st World Rapid Chess Champion (1988). The Internation
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"If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments."
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"Even a dickhead would do a better job than Ilyumzhinov. The chaos in the chess world is caused by “leaders” who are unable to do their job properly."
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"My relations with Korchnoi depend on whether he has slept well. If he had bad dreams, he speaks a lot of rubbish."
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"Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares is named after me."
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