ANATOLY KARPOV (born May-23-1951, 74 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov was born in the town of Zlatoust, located in the Southern Ural Mountains in the USSR. He learned to play chess at four years old and became a candidate master by age eleven. At twelve, Karpov was accepted into the chess academy presided over by Mikhail Botvinnik. Karpov won the World Junior Championship in 1969, thereby automatically gaining the title of International Master. In 1970, he became an International Grandmaster by virtue of finishing equal fourth at Caracas. A World Championship Candidate in 1973, he defeated Viktor Korchnoi in the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974) to earn the right to contest the Karpov - Fischer World Championship Match (1975) with World Champion Robert James Fischer. When FIDE declared Fischer forfeited, Karpov became the 12th World Chess Champion, the youngest since Mikhail Tal in 1960. Karpov defended the championship twice against Korchnoi, in Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978) and Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1981). After Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1984/85), which was aborted with Karpov leading by two points over Garry Kasparov, he lost his title to Kasparov in Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1985). He played three more closely contested matches with Kasparov, narrowly losing Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Rematch (1986), drawing Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1987) and again narrowly losing Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1990). Karpov was thrice Soviet Champion: in 1976*, 1983** and 1988***, on the latter occasion sharing the title with Kasparov. In 1993 Karpov regained the FIDE title against Jan Timman in Karpov - Timman FIDE World Championship Match (1993), after Kasparov had broken away from the organization. He successfully defended his title against Gata Kamsky in Karpov - Kamsky FIDE World Championship Match (1996) and Viswanathan Anand in Karpov - Anand FIDE World Championship Match (1998). In 1999 FIDE changed the rules, deciding that the World Champion would be determined by an annual knockout tournament, and Karpov retired from championship competition. At Linares (1994), Karpov achieved one of the greatest tournament successes ever, outdistancing Kasparov by 2.5 points, with a tournament performance rating of 2985. In May 1974, his rating reached 2700, only the second player, after Fischer, to do so. ** At age 61 he won the Trophee Anatoly Karpov (2012) rapid tournament on tiebreak over Vasyl Ivanchuk. A year later, at 62, he won the Cap D'Agde (2013). Outside of chess, Karpov has been linked to the company Petromir, which claimed in 2007 to have found a large natural gas field.**** * [rusbase-1]; ** [rusbase-2]; *** [rusbase-3] ** http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo197... **** Miriam Elder, The St. Petersburg Times, Issue # 1242, 2007.02.02, Link: http://sptimes.ru/index.php?action_... and The St. Petersburg Times, Issue # 1246, 2007.02.16, Link: http://sptimes.ru/index.php?action_... Wikipedia article: Anatoly Karpov Last updated: 2024-07-29 08:35:45

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page 1 of 148; games 1-25 of 3,694  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Korchnoi vs Karpov ½-½ 30 1961 Simul C45 Scotch Game 2. V Kalashnikov vs Karpov ½-½ 62 1961 Zlatoust E15 Queen's Indian 3. E Lazarev vs Karpov 0-1 49 1961 Cheliabinsk D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. Karpov vs Nedelin 1-0 36 1961 RUS-ch Juniors C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 5. Karpov vs Ziuliarkin 1-0 35 1961 Zlatoust A07 King's Indian Attack 6. Karpov vs Budakov ½-½ 26 1961 Zlatoust C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 7. Zadneprovsky vs Karpov 0-1 65 1961 Zlatoust E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 8. Tarinin vs Karpov 1-0 35 1961 Zlatoust C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 9. Karpov vs V Kalashnikov 1-0 60 1961 Zlatoust C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 10. Karpov vs S Belousov 1-0 40 1961 Borovichi C07 French, Tarrasch 11. Shusharin vs Karpov 0-1 35 1961 Cheliabinsk C77 Ruy Lopez 12. B Kalinkin vs Karpov ½-½ 32 1961 Cheliabinsk C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 13. G Timoscenko vs Karpov 0-1 53 1961 RUS-ch Juniors C10 French 14. Karpov vs Mukhudulin ½-½ 61 1961 Zlatoust B56 Sicilian 15. Karpov vs Shefler 1-0 43 1961 Zlatoust C01 French, Exchange 16. Larinin vs Karpov   1-0 35 1961 Zlatoust C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 17. Karpov vs Gaimaletdinov 1-0 60 1961 Zlatoust C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 18. A Shneider vs Karpov 0-1 51 1961 Cheliabinsk C34 King's Gambit Accepted 19. Karpov vs Maksimov 1-0 60 1961 Magnitogorsk E81 King's Indian, Samisch 20. Aranov vs Karpov 0-1 71 1962 Cheliabinsk C10 French 21. Kolishkin vs Karpov ½-½ 39 1962 Cheliabinsk C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 22. Karpov vs Piskunov 1-0 35 1962 Zlatoust B03 Alekhine's Defense 23. V Kalashnikov vs Karpov ½-½ 36 1962 Zlatoust C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 24. Karpov vs Karin 1-0 39 1962 Cheliabinsk B06 Robatsch 25. Karpov vs Tarinin 1-0 53 1962 Cheliabinsk C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense  page 1 of 148; games 1-25 of 3,694

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 114 OF 254 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-17-07    malthrope: Yes <adair10> just refresh the main page and reconnect to the DGT boards... // http://www.vsk.org.yu/live/round5/t... 'Iordachescu-Karpov' on today's menu... Everything is ready to go! ;-) - Mal Jun-17-07    Karpova: Nice, after 1.e4 Karpov neither goes for the Caro-Kann nor the Petrov but a Ruy Lopez. Jun-17-07    malthrope: Back to his old Ruy Lopez... Hope it's a classic! ;-) Jun-17-07    adair10: <malthrope:> Thanks Jun-17-07    malthrope: The tension continues to build.... 'Iordachescu-Karpov' the position after 17. Re2 click for larger view The *ice* should be breaking soon! ;-) Times W: 35 min // B: -29 min and counting... PS: <adair10> You're welcome! :-) Jun-17-07    adair10: Blitz starts soon for Karpov - 4 min for 16 moves. http://www.vsk.org.yu/live/round5/t... Jun-17-07    percyblakeney: His position looks quite good though. Jun-17-07    malthrope: Actually the Time Control is 120 minutes + 30 seconds (from move #1)... So, game continues with no further time added... BTW: AeroSvit 2007 will also be using the same TC. ;-) Jun-17-07    Open Defence: Nikolic lost?!!! wow!! Jun-17-07    adair10: <Open Defence: Nikolic lost?!!! wow!!> That was very entartaining game. At one point I thought Nikolic had upper hand due to passed pawns on queen side (but exchange down), but then something happened while watching Karpov game. Jun-17-07    malthrope: Hehehe... <Aspirador> - We have to thank <Goran> as he told us yesterday it was one of Karpov's conditions to play in this tournament. The organizers agreed and the rest is history. Now it's basically just a very long Blitz game! ~lol~ He who blunders last... ;-) Jun-17-07    adair10: ...and Karpov wins! Jun-17-07    malthrope: Anatoly crashes through the back rank... Great! ;-) Jun-17-07    Aspirador: Strange time control though. Karpov played like he would get an additional 1 hour after 40 moves, scary... Jun-17-07    Open Defence: allright!! he won!! threatening mate that too!! wow!!! Jun-17-07    Open Defence: Rg3 was a bad blunder.. but no way I would have found that mating combination... wow!!!!!!!! Jun-17-07    malthrope: <Aspirador: Strange time control though.> True! It will be interesting to see how it goes at AeroSvit (coming right up) too... ;-) Jun-17-07    Open Defence: doesn't Aerosvit start tomorrow ? Jun-17-07    percyblakeney: Atalik, Karpov and Roiz share the lead after five rounds, Ivanisevic still has the chance to join them but it looks as if he will have to settle with a draw against Georgiev. Jun-17-07    malthrope: Yep! Starts tomorrow... BTW: I keep all the current interesting chess tournaments in my 'Profile' with players and weblinks... ;-) Jun-17-07    Wild Bill: That game today was vintage Karpov. He choked off his opposent's space and then bang, checkmate. Jun-17-07    Astardis: It is really pleasing to see Karpov play some serious chess again. I think that if he really wanted to he could still be in the Top Ten. Of course, his interests have gone astray in many different directions and I doubt his ambitions have come back suddenly. Still it's good to see him do it now and then. Jun-17-07    acirce: Very glad to see that he's doing so well. I hope he's been playing as well as it seems in the last games. Jun-17-07    malthrope: Finally... // GorenjeTournament (2007) Good move CG.com! ;-) Jul-01-07    Goran: Karpov has 3 rated games from Russian team ch. but he's not listed in top 100 (keeps the same rating) Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 254) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 114 OF 254 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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