Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Karpov in 2006

Anatoly Karpov (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and Soviet former world chess champion.

Quotes

• If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
  • Interview in Chess Life in 2003 quoted on anatolykarpovchessschool^{[dead link]}

• 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.
  • Interview on Chessdom, 2009

Interview on Chessbase 06.07.2005

• 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.

• People knew about 110 years of chess history. Nowadays, nobody is able to tell you the name of the world champion of 2000.

• My relations with Korchnoi depend on whether he has slept well. If he had bad dreams, he speaks a lot of rubbish.