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Over the years I have come to observe Anatoly Karpov's style of play, his deep and at times phenomenal strategic vision. I have enjoyed countless of his games. In Karpov's play I have always been staggered by his amazing ability to soberly and absolutely accurately evaluate the position on the board. To evaluate quickly without spending much time on analysis. This comes from his fantastic chess intuition, from innate talent. In his time, it is primarily this that distinguishes the young Karpov among the leading grandmasters in the world. By his style of play Karpov can be compared with the Cuban genius, the great Capablanca. Although there is one important distinction. When you play through Capa's games, you begin to think: Oh, it's all so simple, even I could do that. By contrast, Karpov's games initially startle you by their strategy, which seems illogical, but soon it becomes clear that in fact his play is extremely logi...