Karpov Vs Kasparov Quotes

#1. I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, '84-'85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that.

Bobby Fischer

#2. I want more from life than that and I have more to give.

Judith McNaught

#3. I admire cool renderings of hot topics.

Kathryn Harrison

#4. [Harry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma.

Viktor Korchnoi

#5. 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.

Anatoly Karpov

#6. Life is messy and gloriously imperfect, and some signs of wear and tear indicate a well-loved, well-used home.

Deborah Needleman

#7. Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson and Timman it served me well. - on preparing for World Championship versus Garry Kasparov

Anatoly Karpov

#8. Anatoly Karpov, his by-the-book opponent, was too conservative to pressure Kasparov early in the game, so Kasparov put the pressure on himself with a Queen's Gambit - and won.

Christopher McDougall

#9. You can never achieve greatness until you can leave bitterness behind.

Debasish Mridha

#10. I studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There's no doubt of it in my mind.

Bobby Fischer

#11. After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired.

Anatoly Karpov

#12. The expectation that TV women need to be more likeable than men is bullshit and in need of a change.

Mindy Kaling

#13. Always be polite to a dragon. It's harder than it sounds. Dragon etiquette is incredibly complicated, and if you make a mistake, the dragon eats you.

Patricia C. Wrede

#14. She was responsible for the things she chose. That's all. She almost managed a tiny smile. It was simultaneously an incredible responsibility and almost nothing at all, she thought wonderingly.

Hiromi Goto

#15. Dreams are a beautiful bride
that holds our hands to
enter a world more glorious
than this one.

Subhan Zein

#16. If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.

Richard Stallman