Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
From Anatoly Karpov
To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.
Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course, chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have a very strong nervous system, and then you must be well prepared; you must be able to work a lot.
To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.
As a personality, I'm fighter, you know. And I don't give up, and if I believe I'm correct, I'm right, then I work, and I fight. Okay, this could be over a chess board, this could be in life, and so I defend my principles.
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.
Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.
Children can take lessons in that school via the Internet and can score extra points like e.g. in Geography or History. That sounds very promising and is a fantastic basis for future steps.
First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
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