Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
Anatoly KarpovBy all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.
Anatoly KarpovLike dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.
Anatoly Karpov