I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
Anatoly KarpovNo, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
Anatoly KarpovI 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