Anatoly Karpov

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

“Las Vegas is a beautiful place. I like it more and more and plan to be here often. It's a great place for chess.”

“No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.”

“If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been no Kasparov as a good chess player at all.”

“To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.”

“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.”

“Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.”

“My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography again.”

“The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.”