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Anatoly Karpov
Karpov 
Photo copyright © 2006 by Milan Kovacs (www.milankovacs.com)  

Number of games in database: 3,678
Years covered: 1961 to 2022
Last FIDE rating: 2617 (2583 rapid, 2607 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2780
Overall record: +945 -217 =1263 (65.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1253 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (242) 
    B92 B81 B44 B84 B31
 King's Indian (192) 
    E60 E62 E81 E71 E63
 Queen's Indian (148) 
    E15 E17 E12 E16 E19
 Ruy Lopez (143) 
    C95 C84 C82 C92 C80
 Queen's Gambit Declined (125) 
    D30 D37 D35 D39 D38
 Grunfeld (103) 
    D85 D78 D73 D97 D87
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (259) 
    B17 B12 B10 B18 B14
 Queen's Indian (245) 
    E15 E12 E17 E19 E14
 Ruy Lopez (181) 
    C92 C77 C69 C95 C93
 Nimzo Indian (178) 
    E32 E54 E21 E42 E41
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (141) 
    C92 C95 C98 C84 C93
 Sicilian (88) 
    B46 B44 B40 B47 B42
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984 1-0
   Karpov vs Topalov, 1994 1-0
   Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974 1-0
   Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974 1-0
   Timman vs Karpov, 1979 0-1
   Karpov vs Spassky, 1974 1-0
   Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 1-0
   Karpov vs Uhlmann, 1973 1-0
   Karpov vs Topalov, 1994 1-0
   Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978)
   Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1981)
   Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match 1984/85 (1984)
   Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1985)
   Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Rematch (1986)
   Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1987)
   Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1990)
   Karpov - Timman FIDE World Championship Match (1993)
   Karpov - Kamsky FIDE World Championship Match (1996)
   Karpov - Anand FIDE World Championship Match (1998)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Russian Championship (1970)
   6th Soviet Team Cup (1968)
   URS-ch sf Daugavpils (1971)
   Bad Lauterberg (1977)
   USSR Championship (1976)
   Las Palmas (1977)
   Skopje (1976)
   FRG-ch International (1983)
   Baden-Baden Group A (1992)
   Linares (1994)
   Hastings 1971/72 (1971)
   Leningrad Interzonal (1973)
   Trophee Anatoly Karpov (2012)
   Caracas (1970)
   Skopje Olympiad Final-A (1972)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Karpov Tournament Champion - I by chessgain
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   Anatoly Karpov - My Best 300 Games by PassedPawnDuo
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   Anatoly Karpov - My Best 300 Games by jakaiden
   Anatoly Karpov - My Best 300 Games by webbing1947
   Karpov Tournament Champion - II by amadeus
   Karpov Tournament Champion - II by chessgain
   Karpov Tournament Champion - II by docjan
   Match Karpov! by amadeus
   Anatoly Karpov's Best Games by Psihadal
   Anatoly Karpov's Best Games by sdbehrendt

RECENT GAMES:
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   Karpov vs Morozevich (Jul-20-22) 1/2-1/2, rapid
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   Morozevich vs Karpov (Jul-20-22) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   Karjakin vs Karpov (Jul-19-22) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   Karpov vs Karjakin (Jul-19-22) 1/2-1/2, rapid

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ANATOLY KARPOV
(born May-23-1951, 72 years old) Russia
PRONUNCIATION:
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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 (1978) and Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Rematch (1981). After Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1984), 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 Karpov - Kasparov 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 (1993), after Kasparov had broken away from the organization. He successfully defended his title against Gata Kamsky in Karpov - Kamsky FIDE World Championship (1996) and Viswanathan Anand in Karpov - Anand 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. **

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: 2018-07-24 17:42:35

 page 1 of 148; games 1-25 of 3,678  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Tarinin vs Karpov 1-0351961ZlatoustC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
2. Karpov vs Maksimov 1-0601961MagnitogorskE81 King's Indian, Samisch
3. Karpov vs Budakov ½-½261961ZlatoustC99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
4. Larinin vs Karpov  1-0351961ZlatoustC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
5. A Shneider vs Karpov 0-1511961CheliabinskC34 King's Gambit Accepted
6. E Lazarev vs Karpov 0-1491961CheliabinskD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. Karpov vs Nedelin 1-0361961RUS-ch JuniorsC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
8. Karpov vs Ziuliarkin 1-0351961ZlatoustA07 King's Indian Attack
9. Zadneprovsky vs Karpov 0-1651961ZlatoustE27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
10. Korchnoi vs Karpov ½-½301961SimulC45 Scotch Game
11. Karpov vs V Kalashnikov 1-0601961ZlatoustC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
12. Karpov vs S Belousov 1-0401961BorovichiC07 French, Tarrasch
13. Shusharin vs Karpov 0-1351961CheliabinskC77 Ruy Lopez
14. Karpov vs Gaimaletdinov 1-0601961ZlatoustC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
15. V Kalashnikov vs Karpov ½-½621961ZlatoustE15 Queen's Indian
16. B Kalinkin vs Karpov ½-½321961CheliabinskC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
17. Karpov vs Mukhudulin ½-½611961ZlatoustB56 Sicilian
18. Karpov vs Shefler 1-0431961ZlatoustC01 French, Exchange
19. G Timoscenko vs Karpov 0-1531961RUS-ch JuniorsC10 French
20. Aranov vs Karpov 0-1711962CheliabinskC10 French
21. Kolishkin vs Karpov ½-½391962CheliabinskC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
22. V Kalashnikov vs Karpov ½-½361962ZlatoustC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
23. Karpov vs Karin 1-0391962CheliabinskB06 Robatsch
24. Karpov vs Tarinin 1-0531962CheliabinskC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
25. Karpov vs Piskunov 1-0351962ZlatoustB03 Alekhine's Defense
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Nov-08-22  Chessius the Messius: Latest news:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/karpo...

Nov-11-22  stone free or die: I just woke up <Missy>, any news about the vodka yet?

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Nov-12-22  Cibator: Note to moderators and/or administrators: the post immediately prior to this one is totally off-topic and I suggest it be removed to a more appropriate location.
Nov-12-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: <they could to make Bobby appear like he was nuts /wacko/ect.>

And here I thought it was Bobby Fischer who did everything <he> could do to look like a wack job.

But hey, I don't think Karpov disliked Fischer. BF's outsized antics and chess talent did increase prize money in chess and probably helped create more tournaments for professionals. I dare say Anatoly Karpov made more money 1975-85 than any grandmaster ever, before him. Think about it.

Anyone remember the Church Chicken chess circuit? Petrosian played in it. So did all of the best American players of the day (except of course the reclusive Fischer).

Fischer's problem was he thought the rules did not apply to Bobby Fischer. when the American state department says "you can't go to country 'X' to engage in commercial activities..." then you can't go. It's really that simple. Being a racist doesn't help, either.

Nov-13-22  Granny O Doul: William Safire, late language maven at the New York Times, once opined that "grandmaster" was the absolute best title, rejecting "Imperial Wizard" as too grandiose, and I forget where he felt "all-world" fell short, but in any case it doesn't really work as a noun.

William Winter reported Alekhine telling him something like "you call me grandmaster but I'm not even a master. Chess will always be the master of us all".

Nov-13-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: So long as the appellation is not Grand Imperial Wizard.
Nov-13-22  Cibator: <HeMateMe:Anyone remember the Church Chicken chess circuit?> I remember the Church's Fried Chicken tournament in San Antonio, 1972, won jointly by Petrosian, Karpov and Portisch. Thought that was a one-off, though, not part of a circuit. IIRC, Fischer said of it something to the effect that the event was too weak and the money was "nothing".

[Note: my previous post on this page appears to have been acted upon. The one that immediately precedes it now is NOT the one I was referring to.]

Nov-13-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Do not recall any talk of a 'Church's circuit', though certainly the event in San Antonio was one worth remembering, despite any comments Fischer may have made to slag it. Tough lot at the top of the crosstable.
Nov-13-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Not a one off. I think the owner of a gauntlet of fried chicken joints was named Jose Cucci. He was a chess enthusiast and sponsored pro tournaments for several years. Times got a bit leaner in the '80s and church chicken partnered up with Godfather's Pizza, those 2 in 1 franchises that were very common for awhile. I think both companies went out of business.
Nov-13-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Jose Cuchi sponsored the New York Open.
Nov-13-22  Granny O Doul: Church's sponsored a number of things; for instance, a Larry Christiansen sumul tour in the late 70's, and they were the original sponsor of the USCF's grand prix in 1980, I think it was. Not sponsoring individual events, but paying prizes to the top ten or whatever number of point-earners throughout the year.

Jose Cuchi's company was called Heraldica Imports, and at first he specialized in organizing big-money class tournaments (a whole bunch of them in 1979, which coincided with a seven-month stretch of broken ratings computer at the USCF), but eventually the class players tired of them and he then concentrated on the New York Open.

Nov-14-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: If memory serves (being a faithful Chess Life reader) wasn't the knock on the Church Chicken tour that it was the same group of American players at every single stop, and people just got bored with it. Of course the players were happy to have a way to make a living, but there wasn't enough variety to generate continued interest in this chess Grand Prix, or whatever it was called.
Nov-22-22  stone free or die: <Missy> may have lost interest, but here's some good news for Karpov fans:

<<Karpov is back home>

11/18/2022 – The news from Russia about Karpov's accident and state of health have been confusing and contradictory. In the end, it appears as if everything was far less serious than reported and Karpov was able to send greetings to the Karpov Festival in Cap d'Agde. Now the 12th world champion is back home. >

https://en.chessbase.com/post/karpo...

Dec-15-22  iges04: Karpov: “I think I was attacked. It looks like a blow. Most likely from behind. ...
I did not waste my time in the hospital, thinking over future articles, for example, on the historical and political topic of relations between Russia, Poland and the so-called Ukraine"
Dec-15-22  stone free or die: <iges04> where is the Karpov quote from?

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Dec-16-22  iges04: https://ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.ph... He gave an interview to the Russian newspaper "Moscow komsomolets".
Dec-16-22  stone free or die: Thanks <iges04>.

The ecforum post links to a tweet from <Chess-News Шахматы без цензуры> on the <Chess-News Uncensored Chess> forum.

I never really trusted tweeter too much, even less so these days. But I'll still share the link:

https://twitter.com/Chess__News/sta...

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Jan-09-23  Honest Adin Reviews: karpov needs to speak against putin and get his ass back to play some serious chess, in 1999 he drew 8 games with piket, he should have won one game but time pressure killed order of winning moves:

encyclopediasupreme.org/0000/karpov

Mar-04-23  fabelhaft: Summary of Karpov’s comment on Kosteniuk’s federation switch:

<She has lived in America and Paris. Why discuss her? This won’t make our women’s chess weaker. I don’t care. She has already retired from professional chess anyway>

https://twitter.com/chess__news/sta...

Kosteniuk (38 years old and World #7) won the Women's Grand Prix (2023) last month.

Mar-04-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Karpov's talking like he had a bang on the head.
Mar-12-23  Honest Adin Reviews: so is karpov technically still fide champion? mind you, he is undefeated in match play after kasparov except for short match; he would be de-facto champion if he would not abdicate his crown for miserable 50k: https://encyclopediasupreme.org/000...
May-14-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <Fusilli> A lot of non-players seem to think "master" is the same as "grandmaster." As we know, that is not <quite> accurate.
Jun-29-23
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  HeMateMe: Does anyone remember what this was all about? Anatoly Karpov and Senator Ted Kennedy?

<https://www.bing.com/images/search?...>

Seems an odd pairing. I wonder if girls and vodka were involved...? Jus sayin...

Jun-29-23  Petrosianic: Some kind of Glasnost thing. Teddy was quite the Russophile.

If you're that curious, you could, you know, actually read the article to see what it's about, since all old Chess Lives are available free online.

Jun-29-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: It was 3am. I didn't feel like searching and reading, you know.
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