Anatoly Karpov

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

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

Children can take lessons in that school via the Internet and can score extra points like e.g. in Geography or History. That sounds very promising and is a fantastic basis for future steps. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency. ”

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. ”