“People knew about 110 years of chess history. Nowadays, nobody is able to tell you the name of the world champion of 2000.”

—  Anatoly Karpov

Interview on Chessbase 06.07.2005 http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2495

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