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 3,692  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 200 OF 254 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-23-11    HeMateMe: Happy birthday to Mr. K! Turns out, Botvinnik was wrong. The kid could play. The five matches with Kasparov is some of the best chess of the 20th century. May-23-11    siamesedream: Happy Birthday! May-23-11    Sourav: Happy Birthday Mr.Karpov. May-23-11    Troller: Happy birthday! Probably my favourite player of all! May-23-11    BUNA: "One should learn not to lose first, and the wins will come later on." (Karpov) The players of the current candidates matches certainly appreciate these words of advice from their great predecessor. :) Happy birthday Anatoly Yevgenyevich! May-23-11    Penguincw: Happy Birthday Karpov! By the way, what happened with his match against Anand a few months ago. May-23-11    theagenbiteofinwit: Happy birthday to the master of strategy. May-23-11    Akavall: <"One should learn not to lose first, and the wins will come later on." (Karpov) The players of the current candidates matches certainly appreciate these words of advice from their great predecessor. :)> !!! Happy Birthday to Karpov. May-23-11    fab4: Did'nt realise it was his birthday . Tho that won't surprise those closest to me .. Happy Birthday Anatoly. May-23-11    TheFocus: Happy Birthday, Tolya. May-23-11    fab4: You've been a big part of my life...I respect you very much for that. May-23-11    Raginmund: Happy birthday Master... may God bless you with long live,,, your games will live forever May-23-11    offramp: Happy birthd .... What the hell am I saying this here for? There isn't a fart's chance in a spacesuit that he will ever read it... May-27-11    M.D. Wilson: An unlimited games format was as big a disaster for WC chess as it was for Karpov in 1984. Had this been a traditional "first to 12 points" match, Karpov would have wrapped up the affair by game 20 with the crushing score of 12/8, without Kasparov winning a single game. He would have thus remained WC until at least 1987, where, presumably, Kasparov would have qualified again. Still, by 1987, there's no guarantee of a Kasparov victory, given how closely matched they actually were. Certainly if the 1984 match was of the more rational variety, Kasparov would not have benefited from 40+ free chess lessons from the strongest player, and best teacher, of the era, and may not have overcome Karpov for quite some time. Jun-24-11    kia0708: in this video Karpov is analysing Fischer's brilliant game vs Smyslov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOh0... ps. I like Karpov more after watching several videos from British TV Jun-24-11    bronkenstein: How the article in `Der Spiegel` influenced , and maybe decided , the winner of the 1985 WCC , namely Kasparov (!). The story is taken from Dvoretsky`s article ˝Emotions and playing strength˝ , http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2011.... <After 10 games , the world champion was leading 5 1/2 : 4 1/2 . At that moment, German ˝Der Spiegel˝ published the story ˝Tolya`s million˝ , telling us about Karpov suing his commercial partner , which didn`t pay Karpov appropriate percentage from selling chess computers. Karpov wanted to keep it secret , because in soviet times ,self-initiated commercial activity , especially one unaprooved previously from the authorities , wasn`t welcome to put it mildly . Making such information public was potentially connected to some serious trouble. Here is what Karpov himself told to the reporter of ˝Sport-express˝ , 23. march 2001. : ˝They started calling from the very morning. Gramov was calling (the president of Sports Committee ), asking what is that story about. I had phonecall from the Old Square ( Central committee of the communist party), they wanted to know how is it possible, Soviet citizen having trial somewhere in Germany...All in all , out of all the fuzz and stress I totally lost my nerves , and OFC it became impossible for me to play game 11 normally...The outcome is well known ... I made unbelieveable blunder and lost quickly. ˝> The mentioned game is Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985 , and 22...Rcd8?? is one of the worst moves Karpov ever made , losing on the spot. Kasparov equalised the match , and later went on to win it , becoming the 13th World Champion. Jun-25-11    bronkenstein: http://www.chessvibes.com/reviews/r... An interesting review on ˝Karpov`s strategical wins˝ , including few typical Karpovian game moments. Jul-01-11    M.D. Wilson: "When Karpov became World Champion, he was head and shoulders above his nearest rivals. In the great majority of his tournaments, all he needed to do was reach playable positions in each of his games, after which his tremendous middlegame and endgame skill would ensure that he would win enough games to finish at the top. (…) But for nine years, Karpov lacked a serious rival who would push him towards the limits of his potential. Had the Fischer-Karpov match taken place, there is no question that Karpov would have become a stronger player, both in the openings and his overall game. One can only speculate about how the hypothetical Fischer-Karpov match(es) would have affected the outcome of the various “K-K” matches. Kasparov possessed such phenomenal talent and skill that he would surely have won the title eventually, but I estimate that it would have taken him until approximately 1990 to accomplish it." Passage from the book. Right on, I say. Imagine a stronger Karpov! Jul-01-11    swissfed: Young Karpov the best ever ! Jul-03-11    Antiochus: "Anyone can proclaim himself a world champion. It is a world champion who competing for the title by competent authority." Anatoly Karpov. Jul-03-11    I play the Fred: <"Anyone can proclaim himself a world champion. It is a world champion who competing for the title by <competent authority>."> Guess that rules out FIDE. Jul-08-11    jessicafischerqueen: Rare live film footage- <Karpov> v <Vaganian> Blitz training games 1975 (with special guest appearance by Semyon Furman) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTmv... Jul-09-11    Capabal: <kia0708: in this video Karpov is analysing Fischer's brilliant game vs Smyslov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOh0...; The game Karpov analyzes in that video is a Fischer vs Spassky (not vs Smyslov). Notice how Karpov can't help laughing when he describes Spassky's "preparation" for the match. It's not the first time he comments on that. One time he said: "I consider myself an idler, too, but the dimensions of Spassky's laziness were astounding." (Karpov on Karpov, page 98) Jul-09-11    bronkenstein: Someone called Spassky`s zero prep style the ˝Fresh Mind˝ approach (leisure , tennis and Greek mythology as Karpov says in the vid ) , I wish I could prepare for my games more like that instead of overStaring @ the screen =) PS I am not saying that different prep would change much , maybe RJF would get away with +1 or +2 , that`s all. Jul-11-11    M.D. Wilson: Not from 1960-1970. Spassky was his proven superior. After 1971, no one could beat Fischer. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 254) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 200 OF 254 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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