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May-27-20
 | | ZonszeinP: Happy birthday to one of the greatest! |
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| Jun-02-20 | | The Rocket: <Hmm? Karpov played better chess and more of it in the 70’s. > Certainly not better. Nobody played better than Fischer in the 70s, to this day. |
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| Jun-02-20 | | N0B0DY: <N0B0DY <played better than Fischer in the 70s, to this day.>> I'll take that as a true compliment. |
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| Jul-06-20 | | Everett: <Rocket> nope, Fischer’s games were not all flawless in the 70’s, and he played so few, of course. He demonstrated he could not play consistently as an adult for more than 30 or so months in a row, quitting multiple times. Hard to play the best chess when you spend so much time sitting on the bench. |
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| Dec-27-20 | | fisayo123: I think this is one of the most underrated accomplishments of his illustrious career : https://www.365chess.com/tournament... Considering he was about 45 at the time.
That score is astonishing. I don't think anyone ever matched it in the illustrous history of that rapid event. Not Anand, not Carlsen. No one. |
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| Dec-28-20 | | Olavi: Well spotted. Was that also the one year that he won the combined Melody Amber? |
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| Dec-29-20 | | fisayo123: <Olavi> Sure he won the combined event. When you go 10/11 in rapid against the best players in the world, its kind of hard to imagine he didn't win the whole thing! |
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| Dec-29-20 | | sudoplatov: Obviously, Karpov would have greeted Dali with the phrase, "Hello, Dali." |
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| Jan-24-21 | | tspchessfan: <eternaloptimist and others>: Bobby Fischer had great natural talent, no one a la Dr. Mikhail Botvinnik to coach him. Anatoly Karpov had the mighty USSR's support to his favour. As some people in this page (and elsewhere) opined, I think Bob Fischer would have beaten Anatoly in 1975 but as someone (was it Boris Spassky?!) said, the matters would have become too unfavourable to Bob in 1977/78, provided Anatoly Karpov challenged him again. Of course there is little doubt that Karpov would have become the challenger for the second time. This is not to belittle Bobby Fischer, but the above could be a realistic picture. Fischer's games are of high quality, but there is a gaping hole of lack of sufficient quantity. One bottom line: Anatoly Karpov is Anatoly Karpov; his games and his gentlemanly spirit are unsurpassable. |
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Jan-27-21
 | | Richard Taylor: I think Karpov actually had a similar style to Fischer. He was better than Spassky and in practical terms, than Korchnoi. After he became the official World Champion he played a great series of games. Fischer could never be said to be the best as he only won the World Champs once. Karpov at least kept playing at the highest level. And won effectively three World Championships. It was quite a long time before Kasparov could beat him. It was a question then who had the best seconds, the most money, and Kasparov made sure he dominated. He kind of bullied such as Anand who was and is a great player. No, the myth of Fischer has been exploded. He had great talent but lost interest once he won. There was a psychological weakness in himself. He knew it. Karpov played both great positional games and some beautiful attacks. Had they played a match in 1974? The outcome is uncertain. Fischer was already showing signs of instability. He was suffering inside. Karpov just played chess and had a fairly even temperament. It is a pity though that Fischer didn't get psychological or psychiatric assistance and then play Karpov. Fischer's main weakness was himself (and his rather limited opening repertoire). I don't think that Karpov felt any animosity towards Fischer. They both agreed that the terms of the match proposed were not good, or as they wanted them. Then Fischer kind of disappeared and we all know the rest. He became a rather pathetic figure.... |
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Jan-31-21
| | carpovius: "Unfair to Karpov?" an article by GM Keene))
https://www.thearticle.com/unfair-t... |
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Feb-12-21
 | | fabelhaft: In April Karpov will be playing the Sigeman tournament (OTB classical) together with Tata winner van Foreest, Grandelius, Sarin, Navara, Shirov etc. https://www.tepesigemanchess.com/ |
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Feb-12-21
| | fabelhaft: I think this is the first classical round robin for Karpov in a dozen years, the last time was Donostia Chess Festival (2009) |
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Feb-12-21
 | | alexmagnus: Did Karpov, approaching 70, suddenly decide he wants to top Korchnoi in terms of chess longevity too? The prerequisites are not very good though. Korchnoi at this age was still a top 50 player and fully active. Karpov played his last classical game for the July 2019 list (draw against Matlakov), and his last rated classical win against a 2500+ player goes back to 2016. |
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Feb-12-21
| | fabelhaft: < Did Karpov, approaching 70, suddenly decide he wants to top Korchnoi in terms of chess longevity too? The prerequisites are not very good though. Korchnoi at this age was still a top 50 player and fully active> What Korchnoi did aged 70 won’t be easily repeated Biel (2001) |
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| Feb-12-21 | | Olavi: <carpovius: "Unfair to Karpov?" an article by GM Keene))
https://www.thearticle.com/unfair-t... The article gives the Anand - Karpov wins head to head as 11-5. I'm fairly sure it is 9-5, one of Anand's wins being from the Buenos Aires 1994 Polugaevsky Jubilee Sicilian theme tournament. This site makes the same mistake, considering a couple of rapid games as classical. Anyone in possession of Keene's book on the 1978 match will recognize several passages. It's nice to meet old friends. |
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| Feb-12-21 | | fisayo123: He just enjoys chess and loves to play. I personally think at age 70, he's better off spending his time doing other things than playing a classical tournament, but who am I to say anything to the great Karpov. |
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| Feb-12-21 | | Poisonpawns: Karpov vs the Trompovsky (entire career) https://youtu.be/-VmOgyV6n6U |
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| Feb-14-21 | | Tadeusz Nida: if karpov did not accept 50k, he could still claim he is champ today:
http://encyclopediasupreme.org/0000...
http://encyclopediasupreme.org/0000... |
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| Feb-26-21 | | Tadeusz Nida: karpov did not lose his fide title, technically he would be co world champion today if he did not sell it for 50000$, dumb ass:
http://encyclopediasupreme.org/0000...
http://encyclopediasupreme.org/0000... |
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| Feb-26-21 | | Refused: Karpov is not really that active and as a multi millionaire he really doesn't have to play for a living. For him it's really just a hobby, and he only plays when and what he wants to play. So if he play an occasional tournament like Sigeman good for him, and best of luck to him. |
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Feb-26-21
 | | HeMateMe: Good for karpy, glad he's back in action. I dont think he ever really needed chess as badly as korchnoi did, the feel of beating people, the recognizance. I do wish karpov would lose some weight, though. |
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| Apr-06-21 | | Tadeusz Nida: this sucks, karpov tourney postponed: this corona virus, God allowed it; life is short; but if you start something that matters, you have to finish it no matter what! encyclopediasupreme.org/Time
https://www.tepesigemanchess.com/ |
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Apr-07-21
 | | Penguincw: No idea how long ago this was, but this video (and the comment section) are hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7B... |
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May-09-21
 | | Messiah: <Penguincw: No idea how long ago this was, but this video (and the comment section) are hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7B... I burst out in uncontrollable laughter every single time when I watch this video. Legends say that around 1974-75 veteran grandmasters had this exact same reaction, as Misha, when they had to play with GM Karpov. |
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