FIDE Master

Title inaugurated in 1978 for a player with an ELO rating around 2300, after recommendation of his national federation.

I personally believe that Karpov should have been more generous with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Kirsan is the only president in the history of FIDE, and maybe in the history of all international federations, who has contributed dozens of million dollars for the sport he loves. By the way, some of these millions went directly to Anatoly’s pocket… George Makropoulos
2005
I don’t believe that Garry likes making decisions by democratic procedures. When there is a decision that he doesn’t like, he just turns against this organization. Georgios Makropoulos
2013
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. Magnus Carlsen
I’ve got no regrets about the games themselves, as frankly I’ve never been narcissistic about my play. Alexander Grischuk
2014
Chess politic is not my dream, but I will be happy when we start to change things and organize a better chess life in the world. Anatoly Karpov
2010

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