On being asked in a recent interview what was his advice to elderly people to maintan a healthy brain and memory, 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov said: “Think! Try to be aware of everything you do. That’s not so easy. Some people are even afraid to think. However, if you think, memory comes back. If you don’t, it goes away. But if you reflect, you will remember even what you seemed to have forgotten forever. And the picture of life will be restored in your memory. I am working on myself in this regard now. I have always been praised for my good memory — I got it from my father”.
The man seated on the left has put Karpov to a hard test by allowing him to play a Spanish Game, for indeed it takes an elephant’s memory to remember all the Ruy López masterpieces he played throughout his career. Photo: Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov’s archive. |
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