ANATOLY KARPOV (born May-23-1951, 73 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 3,692  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 3,692

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 238 OF 254 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-06-18    john barleycorn: <posoo>, He never found out which shampoo the Dumpnald is using. Feb-10-18    thegoodanarchist: Amazing, at the age of 66 Karpov is playing 2600+ level chess. Wow! Feb-11-18    Caissanist: The hair question seems to get asked her every year or two. According to Nigel Short, Karpov was superstitious and would not wash his hair until suffering a defeat. Feb-11-18    alexmagnus: Korchnoi was almost 2700 at the same age (that is, without any so often cited inflation adjustments). Feb-11-18    Caissanist: Yes, Korchnoi aged better than probably any other player in history. He was still in the top 100 well into his 70s, nobody else has ever done that. So far as I know, the only other player who was ranked that high even in his late sixties was Smyslov; Karpov isn't quite at that level, but he has still aged extremely well. Feb-11-18    zanzibar: I think Bisguier deserves mention in any conversation about players aging well. http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/... Feb-11-18    Lambda: Lasker was in the top ten at 66. Feb-11-18    nok: Karpov isn't really active. He plays a game here and there, mainly rapid. Feb-11-18    zanzibar: Yes on Lasker, an amazing player throughout his life really. Over the course of a 30+-year career his EDO rating was bounded between 2650-2750 http://www.edochess.ca/players/p485... Feb-11-18    keypusher: Lasker and Korchnoi are an interesting contrast because Lasker would play in a few events in his 40s, then come back in his 50s, then his 60s (all at a high level) while Korchnoi played continuously into very old age. Korchnoi had an unusual aging pattern, not being bona fide top 10 until he was in his 30s, but then staying right at the top for a long time, with a firm grip on #2 until Kasparov showed up (by which time Viktor was in his 50s). Lasker, by contrast, was the first spectacularly great young player since Morphy (people forget that) and was at or near the top for the next 35 years, into his mid-50s, at least when he was playing. I think both of them benefited from a relatively fallow period when they were old (Lasker in the 20s, Korchnoi in the 70s). Feb-13-18    Everett: <b-11-18 Caissanist: The hair question seems to get asked her every year or two. According to Nigel Short, Karpov was superstitious and would not wash his hair until suffering a defeat.> That sounds like a pretty clever joke, possible coming from Short. Feb-14-18    thegoodanarchist: Kasparov seems to have aged well, considering he doesn't compete much anymore except in blitz. His results at St. Louis were quite respectable. Feb-15-18    alexmagnus: <He was still in the top 100 well into his 70s, nobody else has ever done that> Korchnoi last appeared in the top 100 at the age of 75. The closest in the Elo era was Najdorf, top 100 at 74. Feb-15-18    Caissanist: I have heard variations of the hair-washing story from other sources as well. This page mentions a few: https://chess.stackexchange.com/que... . Feb-16-18    Olavi: Timman wrote a piece about superstition in chess in the 90's. According to him both Korchnoi and Kasparov regarded their great opponent as particularly superstitious, whereas Timman thought that Karpov was the supremely practical man. If memory serves, Korchnoi bought an exact copy of Karpov's rather special tie during the 1974 match, speculating on the fact that he wouldn't change it before he lost a game. Feb-16-18    HeMateMe: why was karpov so skinny, to the point of appearing to have an eating disorder during the 70s, but now he has a middle aged guy belly? he needs to do some jogging or get on the nutra system diet. Feb-16-18    MissScarlett: Nowadays, such ritual behaviour would more likely be diagnosed as mildly autistic than termed superstitious. Even stamp collecting - Karpov's other great passion - is borderline suspect. Feb-16-18    Joshka: If you think chess players are overly superstitious, Major League Baseball Players I would think are the MOST!! Look into it, and you'd be amazed at their crazy antics! May-23-18    DonPepe: 67 yo today. Happy birthday! May-23-18    gars: Happy Birthday, Grandmaster Karpov! Your games have been a constant source of joy for many of us! May-23-18    botvinnik64: Happy Birthday Anatoly Karpov! A great chess champion - we are so lucky to have witnessed the battles... May-23-18    TheTamale: Happy birthday to a true superstar of chess. "Don't you remember, you told me you loved me, baby? Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby...?" May-23-18    amitjoshi79: Happy birthday sir May-23-18    Howard: The local paper here in Toledo has a daily listing (except on Sunday)of celebrity birthdays. Karpov made the list today---great ! May-23-18    offramp: Smyslov made a final assault on the World title in 1983/4 at the age of 63. If Petrosian had lived he could have done it as well. He had the right style. Karpov also has the right style but I think he has so much money now that the ambition has gone. He also has a huge legacy of great matches against a variety of strong opponents. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 254) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 238 OF 254 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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