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 3,700  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Karpov vs Nedelin 1-0 36 1961 RUS-ch Juniors C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 2. G Timoscenko vs Karpov 0-1 53 1961 RUS-ch Juniors C10 French 3. B Kalinkin vs Karpov ½-½ 32 1961 Cheliabinsk C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 4. E Lazarev vs Karpov 0-1 49 1961 Cheliabinsk D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. A Shneider vs Karpov 0-1 51 1961 Cheliabinsk C34 King's Gambit Accepted 6. Shusharin vs Karpov 0-1 35 1961 Cheliabinsk C77 Ruy Lopez 7. Karpov vs Maksimov 1-0 60 1961 Magnitogorsk E81 King's Indian, Samisch 8. V Kalashnikov vs Karpov ½-½ 62 1961 Zlatoust E15 Queen's Indian 9. Karpov vs Budakov ½-½ 26 1961 Zlatoust C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 10. Karpov vs Gaimaletdinov 1-0 60 1961 Zlatoust C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 11. Karpov vs V Kalashnikov 1-0 60 1961 Zlatoust C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 12. Karpov vs Mukhudulin ½-½ 61 1961 Zlatoust B56 Sicilian 13. Karpov vs Shefler 1-0 43 1961 Zlatoust C01 French, Exchange 14. Karpov vs Ziuliarkin 1-0 35 1961 Zlatoust A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Tarinin vs Karpov 1-0 35 1961 Zlatoust C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 16. Zadneprovsky vs Karpov 0-1 65 1961 Zlatoust E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 17. Korchnoi vs Karpov ½-½ 30 1961 Simul C45 Scotch Game 18. Karpov vs S Belousov 1-0 40 1961 Borovichi C07 French, Tarrasch 19. Larinin vs Karpov   1-0 35 1961 Zlatoust C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 20. Aranov vs Karpov 0-1 71 1962 Cheliabinsk C10 French 21. Karpov vs Karin 1-0 39 1962 Cheliabinsk B06 Robatsch 22. Karpov vs Tarinin 1-0 53 1962 Cheliabinsk C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. Kolishkin vs Karpov ½-½ 39 1962 Cheliabinsk C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 24. Manakov vs Karpov 0-1 26 1962 Koyensk C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. V Kalashnikov vs Karpov ½-½ 36 1962 Zlatoust C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin  page 1 of 148; games 1-25 of 3,700

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 254 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-28-03    technical draw: <about to be slaughtered by a 16 year old>. Are we already writing Karpov off? Is he history? A has been? A shadow of his former self? I could go on but I think the answer is no. He just needs to try my new product, ChessViagra, guaranteed to lift the the most declining ELO, and add new life to a limp career. ChessViagra, buy it where Chess products are sold. Note: You must be at least 21. Nov-28-03    Spitecheck: We might get a clue if we see him smattering the market place with a whole bunch of new books. Surprising that he hasn't already jumped on the Kasparov trail and released like a thousand different titles. Spitecheck Nov-28-03    MoonlitKnight: technical draw: LOL! That must be the only thing that can bring Karpov back in shape. Dec-05-03    Spitecheck: LOL I have to ask, I see the featured product advertised on the front page. Disney's Chess Guide by Anatoly Karpov. For starters he doesn't speak the best english, and he doesn't seem like the parental type. Why would they choose him for the project? I can imagine him explaining to the young folk the ramifications of 32...b4 in the Spanish but I can't quite see him talking about how the bishops move. Spitecheck Jan-05-04    tomh72000: Observe the following link: http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet... Jan-20-04    square dance: who put up that website, fischer or kasparov? Jan-20-04    OneBadDog: AK is in his Fat Elvis stage. Jan-20-04    Benjamin Lau: sd, how about Korchnoi? ;-) The bitterness between them goes far... Jan-20-04    OneBadDog: Korchnoi's no saint, but he was treated horribly by AK & his cronies in '78. Jan-20-04    technical draw: Great link tomh72000. Who said chess was a serious affair? Jan-20-04    OneBadDog: For most of us mortals, Chess is a very comic affair. Jan-20-04    square dance: <bl> as we all know korchnoi doesnt count.=p Jan-21-04    Slothrop: BadDog, why do you say that Korchnoi is no saint? I've always understood that he's a great guy; I'm a big fan. Jan-21-04    OneBadDog: Slothrop. Korchnoi has a reputation of being blunt and abrasive. Korchnoi has had his share of enemies: Karpov, Petrosian, Polugaevsky. Regardless, Korchnoi is one of my favoritr players. Jan-21-04    Larsker: <Korchnoi has a reputation of being blunt and abrasive. Korchnoi has had his share of enemies> Korchnoi has a habit of harassing his opponents. He likes to stand behind his opponent and follow the game from there. Not exactly the most ethical behavior. Jan-21-04    Bluebird: Alekhine used to do the same thing. I don't think in AA's case it was meant to upset the opponent but rather to see if he could see anything from the opposite side. Feb-11-04    Stavrogin: If Fischer would have shown for a 1975 match with Karpov - what would the numbers have looked like? Kasparov has recently said that Karpov would have given Fischer a hard time (not the exact word, but the meaning). Do you agree or disagree (motivate please - i find this question very interesting). Feb-11-04    Whitehat1963: <Larsker>, <Bluebird>, I'm not sure if Botvinnik was the perpetrator or the victim, (I think he was the victim, and I think Alekhine was the perpetrator) in a match in which one of the players walked in gradually shrinking circles around the table whenever his opponent was deciding on his next move. Aren't there rules about disruptive behavior? Feb-11-04    square dance: <stavrogin> i favor fischer in 75, but i am not convinced he would have won. some logic tells me that fischer was would have been better in 75 but in 78 karpov would have won. this is just pure speculation though. it does not take into account the fact that fischer often devistated his opponents and ruined them psychologically during matches. if this had happened during the hypothetical 75 match then fischer would've repeated in 78 if karpov even made it there. if, on the other hand, the 75 match had been close with a fischer win i would think that karpov would win in 78. Feb-11-04    Stavrogin: it is one of those great imagined games, along with Morphy vs Zukertort and Fischer - Kasparov. I am not convinced either. But I could share your belief that in 75 it would be F, in 78 ( a few years more developing for K) it would be K). And - even more hypothetical - if F would have stayed around 'til 82-85, then Kasparov would have taken his place just as he took Karpov's. Feb-11-04    square dance: <stavrogin> yes by the time of kasparov's first title match fischer would have been 43. if he was still champion then, i think the young lion kasparov may have been too much for him. Feb-11-04    Orcinus: <Stavroquin> Well, I'm sure Fisher would of given Karpov a hard time too. Karpov was almost an exclusive e4 player at the time. I do believe Karpov would of had a tough time against the sicilian as he did with Kasparov. I've read it's possible Karpov became a d4 player because of it. Look at the first game in the match against Spassky. Spassky won in flying colors with the sicilian. He did loose playing the sicilian a second time taking a dubious line. Karpov was not comfortable at complicated double edge middle games. Players like Miles knew this and could take advantage of it. One strike against Fisher is he hadn't been competeing in 3 years. For me the biggest strike against Karpov is his openings was limited at the time. Karpov admits being laid back on this point. It's not like Fisher who studied all the openings but was restricted and selective by choice and continually expanding. Some will say Karpov defensive skills would work against Fisher. A little, keep in mind Fisher rarely made an unsound attack. Both had a Capablanca-like ability to grasp the essentails of a position. So, I'd have to favor Fisher especailly in a longer match. That's my opinion for what it's worth. Feb-11-04    Whitehat1963: Was Korchnoi a much better player in the late 70s than he was in the early 60s when he played Fischer? I'm certain Fischer would have been able to beat Karpov handily in 75, and the intimidating Fischer psychology would have been too much for Karpov in a rematch. Chess players rarely play rematches better (Botvinnik being a notable exception). Feb-11-04    ughaibu: Alekhine, Smyslov, Spassky, Kasparov all won the world championship by re-matches, Korchnoi-Petrosian at candidates level...... Feb-11-04    square dance: <whitehat1963> what makes you so certain that fischer would've won so easily in 75? is it the fact that he had not played in three years? is it the fact that he had not studied karpov's games to the extent that he had the players of his generation? from what i remember karpov beat spassky by about the same score as fischer, and supposedly spassky was in better form for that match. with all these questions how can one be sure of the result either way? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 254) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 254 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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