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| Aug-29-21 | | WNRRRWN: karpov to play in september?
does anybody know karpov and karpov manager's email? whats official website and i dont mean his crappy chess school! |
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| Sep-03-21 | | ColdSong: Just looked at Karpov's opponents list to Malmoe.There are reasons to be worried.Best wishes anyway. |
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| Sep-09-21 | | Albertan: Karpov (Age 70) Defeats Karjakin in Epic Endgame: https://www.chess.com/video/player/... |
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Sep-23-21
 | | Troller: Unfortunately Karpov has withdrawn from the TePe tournament. Fortunately his replacement is my compatriot Jonas Buhl Bjerre. Back in the day the Sigeman tournament always had its share of Danish players, e.g. Peter Heine Nielsen and Curt Hansen shared first in 2004 ahead of a certain Norwegian kid. But since 2008 when Lars Bo Hansen competed, no Dane has played the event. |
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| Sep-23-21 | | Albertan: Tatarstan is among top 3 regions for the development of chess among young people: https://realnoevremya.com/articles/... |
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Sep-26-21
 | | HeMateMe: I think Karpov was the first chess player to sort of 'cash in', commercially speaking. In the late 70s or early 80s he was hired to put his name on/endorse one of those crappy stand alone chess computers (Mephisto, Excalibur, Fidelity). I can't remember if Brezhnev had died yet but the glasnost thaw was sort of beginning. Karpov was allowed to stamp his name on one of these early chess computers made by the USA or West Germany, and get a sponsorship fee. Kasparov later followed, but Karpov was first. He had the rep as the dour commie boy, but Karpov understood capitalism quite well. He knows how to make money. |
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| Sep-26-21 | | WNRRRWN: why did karpov chicken out, afraid he would lose and go below 2600? this sux:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/tepe-... |
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| Sep-26-21 | | WNRRRWN: what is contact to karpov's agent? |
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| Sep-26-21 | | 0ZeR0: <WNRRRWN>
Are you gonna send him a chastising letter? |
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| Nov-18-21 | | The Rocket: <Don't tell us that Fischer would have beaten Kasparov in a match--you won't get any takers on that> I will. 71 or 72 Fischer vs 80s Kasparov? Fischer would beat him for sure. 1999 Kasparov would be tougher, but Fischer is more universal. Kasparov was an impatient defender, while Fischer could play any position. So I have to give Fischer the edge in any match. We would assume for arguments sake that their theoretical knowledge would be level prior to the matches, although Fischer still beats 80s Kasparov, since theory was still pretty primitive back then compared to now. |
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| Nov-18-21 | | fisayo123: The best version of both Karpov and Kasparov beat the best version of Fischer. They were just better chess practitioners, as they say. |
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| Nov-18-21 | | ndg2: Kasparov relied heavily on opening prep (for which he worked like no other). With the right surprise, he would just beat anyone. As the <The Rocket> remarked, he was impatient in defense, he did not like to come under pressure himself, which cost him sometimes a point (see e.g. the famous loss against Radjabov). Karpov was super-patient and tenacious, but somewhat "lazy" in opening prep (he relied mainly on the work of others in his matches against Korchnoi wrt to openings). I partially support the argument of Fischers greater universality, who was both a monster in opening prep, attack and defense. |
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| Nov-18-21 | | Lambda: I'm not sure that the psyche of even 1971 Fischer would be up to the task of keeping focus in a hard struggle against an opponent like Karpov or Kasparov who you're never going to steamroller. You can't talk about Fischer and forget that mental stability was his greatest weakness. |
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| Nov-18-21 | | fabelhaft: <71 or 72 Fischer vs 80s Kasparov? Fischer would beat him for sure> Any "for sure"-statements on these subjects have to be taken with a pinch of salt. The only thing that is for sure is that Fischer won 12.5-8.5 against Spassky 1972, that Karpov won 7-4 against Spassky 1974, and that Kasparov 1980s had marginally better results than Karpov 1980s. |
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| Nov-18-21 | | Absentee: <fabelhaft: <71 or 72 Fischer vs 80s Kasparov? Fischer would beat him for sure> Any "for sure"-statements on these subjects have to be taken with a pinch of salt.> Wishful thinking don't need no salt. |
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| Nov-18-21 | | RookFile: Well, if you listen to Karpov himself, even today, he doesn't act like somebody who was sure he could be Fischer. Korchnoi gave Karpov everything he could handle. Korchnoi believed he would lose a match to Fischer. I find it refreshing to listen to Karpov, especially when he comments on games. I always leave with a nugget of gold that I didn't know before. |
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Nov-18-21
 | | keypusher: < The Rocket: <Don't tell us that Fischer would have beaten Kasparov in a match--you won't get any takers on that>
I will. 71 or 72 Fischer vs 80s Kasparov? Fischer would beat him for sure. 1999 Kasparov would be tougher, but Fischer is more universal. Kasparov was an impatient defender, while Fischer could play any position. So I have to give Fischer the edge in any match. We would assume for arguments sake that their theoretical knowledge would be level prior to the matches, although Fischer still beats 80s Kasparov, since theory was still pretty primitive back then compared to now.> Your appraisal of Fischer's and Kasparov's relative abilities is worth nothing. <As the <The Rocket> remarked, he was impatient in defense, he did not like to come under pressure himself, which cost him sometimes a point (see e.g. the famous loss against Radjabov)> It's hard to say that Kasparov is underrated, except by the ignorant, but one thing that tends to get underplayed is how infrequently he lost. A good deal less often than Fischer, despite playing the very strongest opposition continuously for decades. Vladimir Kramnik (kibitz #23483) keypusher chessforum (kibitz #15) |
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| Nov-21-21 | | The Rocket: <Any "for sure"-statements on these subjects have to be taken with a pinch of salt. The only thing that is for sure is that Fischer won 12.5-8.5 against Spassky 1972, that Karpov won 7-4 against Spassky 1974, and that Kasparov 1980s had marginally better results than Karpov 1980s> We have the data. Karpov and Korchnois worst games were far worse than Fischers. Karpov and Korchnoi played marvelous when they got their type of position. 70s Fischer could play any position, and he did well in positions he struggled with in the 60s. Spassky did not have the same drive and determination against Karpov , and he also had issues with Karpov stylistically. BTW, Karpov did not think that he would beat Spassky prior to their match. So go figure on whether he liked his chances against Fischer. Karpov could absolutely take games off of Fischer but winning a match is a hole different ball game. It is worth nothing though that Karpov was a stronger positional player than Fischer, although it might be an unfair assessment since Fischer was a technician, not a positional player. |
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| Nov-21-21 | | The Rocket: <It's hard to say that Kasparov is underrated, except by the ignorant, but one thing that tends to get underplayed is how infrequently he lost. A good deal less often than Fischer, despite playing the very strongest opposition continuously for decades.>
That's not a crucial statistic, though. I would have no problem agreeing that Kasparov was more talented than Fischer, since talent only denotes how quickly you absorb and synthesize knowledge. Being more talented, Kasparovs strength saw less of a drastic spike than Fischer. Just to give an idea of how irrelevant talent is. Reshevsky was more talented than both of them. Reshevsky's full playing strength however was significantly lower. |
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| Nov-22-21 | | RookFile: When comparing Kasparov to Fischer, you have the rare case of finding somebody more aggressive in his chess than Kasparov. So Fischer both won and lost at a higher percentage than Kasparov. I think that in match play with the elite Fischer would tone it down and his play would actually have the same level of aggression that Kasparov did. |
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| Nov-22-21 | | The Rocket: 80s Kasparov vs 70s Fischer would look like the 84 match against Karpov, minus the comeback. Fischer might very well play Bb5+ variation to the Najdorf. Anything to trade down and frustrate the beast from Baku. 1999 Kasparov was so incredibly sharp, even with black, that this match is much harder to envision. |
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| Nov-22-21 | | fisayo123: Fischer fans are the most tedious....And the most deluded as well. Please take this BS to the Fischer page and stop being off topic on Karpov's page. |
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| Nov-22-21 | | Absentee: <fisayo123: Fischer fans are the most tedious....And the most deluded as well.> <fisayo123: The best version of both Karpov and Kasparov beat the best version of Fischer.> Hah. |
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Nov-22-21
| | keypusher: <Just to give an idea of how irrelevant talent is. Reshevsky was more talented than both of them. Reshevsky's full playing strength however was significantly lower.> <The Rocket> Once more, with feeling: you're a fish and a fool. Your opinion on anyone's level of talent is worthless. |
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Nov-23-21
 | | perfidious: I have yet to see talent win a battle.
None of these greats can be counted amongst my favourite players, yet I have vast respect for all of them and their achievements, whilst accepting their limitations. |
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