No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
Anatoly KarpovThe fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.
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 KarpovFurman astounded me with his chess depth, a depth which he revealed easily and naturally, as if all he were doing was establishing well-known truths.
Anatoly Karpov