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Player Summary - awardchess.10.Karpov.1 My Complete Profile My Online Chess NM ozzie_c_cobblepot Status: Active Record: 10W / 0L / 0D Points: 10 Tie Break: 24 Final Round: 2 Place Finish: 1 Points Awarded: 113 Round 1 - Group 1 12345 Score Tie Break 1. NM ozzie_c_cobblepot (2105) X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 24 2. NM TheChessGym (1937) 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 12 3. AWARDCHESS (1642) 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 4 4 4. Bessa (1165) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 2 0 5. lordbobbetti (1381) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 Round 2 - Group 1 12 Score Tie Break 1. NM ozzie_c_cobblepot (2177) X 1 1 2 0 2. NM TheChessGym (2031) 0 0 X 0 0

Others' quotes about Anatoly Karpov "Karpov clearly belongs to another chess era, from before computer science arrived on the scene." – Felix Izeta "He had arranged for top soviet grandmasters to help with his preparation. We must all provide him with information about our openings and variations, all our professional secrets. It was made clear that this was our patriotic duty to the Motherland, for the traitor must be destroyed. Many grandmasters duly obliged and submitted to this official harassment." – Garry Kasparov (on having to assist Karpov in his World Championship match against Korchnoi) "Karpov, the dyed-in-the-wool opportunist, has never been thwarted by matters of principle." – Lev Khariton "The boy doesn't have a clue about chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession." – Mikhail Botvinnik (referring to a 12-year-old Karpov) "In short, we can see Karpov as an exploiter of other people’s ideas. His ability to use these ideas is not at issue, but he himself is about as fertile as a woman who has been sterilized is." – Mikhail Botvinnik "It extremely rarely occurs to him to create something new on the chessboard." – Viktor Korchnoi "With his time finished 10 years ago, the former hero of all Soviet working people, from the mines of Astana to the wineries of Cisinau, from the beaches of Yurmala to the mountains of Bishkek, still soldiers on. He tries to keep a straight face, he pretends to be busy, he plays teenage girls in exhibition matches. Just a dead man walking." – Alex Yermolinsky "At first I found some of his moves not altogether understandable, and only after careful analysis did I discover their hidden strength." – Ljubomir Ljubojevic "When observing Karpov's play or playing against him, one cannot help thinking that all his pieces are linked by invisible threads. This net moves forward unhurriedly, gradually covering the enemy squares, but, amazingly, not relinquishing its own." – Alexander Roshal "Many of Karpov's intentions become understandable to his opponents only when salvation is no longer possible." – Mikhail Tal "Known as a negative player, Karpov sets up deep traps and creates moves that seem to allow his opponent possibilities - but that really don't. He takes no chances, and he gives his opponents nothing. He's a trench-warfare fighter who keeps the game moving just an inch at a time." – Bruce Pandolfini

Anatoly Karpov From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation, search Anatoly Karpov (1951-) is a former world chess champion. [edit] Attributed Let us say that a game may be continued in two ways: one of them is a beautiful tactical blow that gives rise to variations that don't yield to precise calculations; the other is clear positional pressure that leads to an endgame with microscopic chances of victory. I would choose the latter without thinking twice. If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic. Style? I have no style. I like 1.e4 very much but my results with 1.d4 are better. To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well. Chess is my life, but my life is not chess. Those so-called K-K matches for the title were the biggest misery I had in my life - especially the disappointment of losing in Seville. But, you know, despite our history, there’s still a lot of fight in our battles - it’s still a big fight in the eyes of the media. For them I will always be ready. (on getting revenge against players who've beaten him)

page 4 of 134; games 76-100 of 3,329 Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 76. Karpov vs M Noakh ½-½ 52 1966 13, Leningrad C41 Philidor Defense 77. A Shakarov vs Karpov ½-½ 22 1966 Moscow jr-ch D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 78. I Nowak vs Karpov 0-1 19 1966 07, Trinec E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 79. Karpov vs A Kushnir 1-0 30 1966 Yalta training C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 80. Karpov vs Lilienthal ½-½ 36 1966 Moscow B24 Sicilian, Closed 81. Karpov vs A Alekseev ½-½ 29 1966 07, Leningrad B25 Sicilian, Closed 82. D Kudischewitsch vs Karpov ½-½ 49 1966 Moscow D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 83. Karpov vs Smejkal 1-0 28 1966 02, Trinec B24 Sicilian, Closed 84. Karpov vs S Kupka ½-½ 27 1966 11, Trinec C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 85. A Alekseev vs Karpov ½-½ 23 1966 02, Leningrad A46 Queen's Pawn Game 86. A Alekseev vs Karpov ½-½ 22 1966 12, Leningrad A46 Queen's Pawn Game 87. D Zara vs Karpov ½-½ 20 1967 05, Groningen Ech-jr pre C42 Petrov Defense 88. G Timoshchenko vs Karpov 1-0 54 1967 01, Moscow C24 Bishop's Opening 89. Karpov vs Nizovsky 1-0 43 1967 05, Vladimir C77 Ruy Lopez 90. Karpov vs G Ligterink ½-½ 12 1967 04, Groningen Ech-jr fin B20 Sicilian 91. Karpov vs Chechelian Seiran ½-½ 37 1967 05, Leningrad B40 Sicilian 92. Vaganian vs Karpov ½-½ 40 1967 05, Moscow E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 93. Karpov vs J Moles 1-0 41 1967 02, Groningen Ech-jr C77 Ruy Lopez 94. G Ligterink vs Karpov ½-½ 27 1967 07, Groningen Ech-jr fin D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 95. Palatnik vs Karpov ½-½ 6 1967 09, Leningrad C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 96. V Zakhvatov vs Karpov ½-½ 38 1967 04, Vladimir E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 97. J Lewi vs Karpov 0-1 54 1967 03, Groningen Ech-jr fin A21 English 98. Abetisian vs Karpov 0-1 37 1967 04, Leningrad A46 Queen's Pawn Game 99. Karpov vs M Dvoretsky 1-0 46 1967 04, Moscow E81 King's Indian, Samisch 100. D Ciric vs Karpov ½-½ 33 1967 Groningen clock sim C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed page 4 of 134; games 76-100 of 3,329 REFINE SEARCH: White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Karpov wins | Karpov loses

page 3 of 134; games 51-75 of 3,329 Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. Rutka vs Karpov 0-1 31 1966 13, Trinec C77 Ruy Lopez 52. I Zaitsev vs Karpov ½-½ 14 1966 Russia, Leningrad C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 53. G Timoshchenko vs Karpov 0-1 45 1966 Moscow jr-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 54. Karpov vs J Sikora-Lerch 1-0 42 1966 08, Trinec B24 Sicilian, Closed 55. M Noakh vs Karpov 0-1 100 1966 08, Leningrad C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 56. Karpov vs L Volpert 1-0 40 1966 Yalta training B25 Sicilian, Closed 57. Karpov vs S Sazontiev 1-0 43 1966 Moscow jr-ch A45 Queen's Pawn Game 58. F Blatny vs Karpov ½-½ 17 1966 03, Trinec C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 59. Karpov vs M Noakh 1-0 46 1966 03, Leningrad C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 60. Karpov vs Schoupal 1-0 21 1966 12, Trinec C42 Petrov Defense 61. Karpov vs M Noakh ½-½ 52 1966 13, Leningrad C41 Philidor Defense 62. A Shakarov vs Karpov ½-½ 22 1966 Moscow jr-ch D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 63. I Nowak vs Karpov 0-1 19 1966 07, Trinec E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 64. Karpov vs A Alekseev ½-½ 29 1966 07, Leningrad B25 Sicilian, Closed 65. Karpov vs A Kushnir 1-0 30 1966 Yalta training C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 66. D Kudischewitsch vs Karpov ½-½ 49 1966 Moscow D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 67. Karpov vs Smejkal 1-0 28 1966 02, Trinec B24 Sicilian, Closed 68. A Alekseev vs Karpov ½-½ 23 1966 02, Leningrad A46 Queen's Pawn Game 69. Karpov vs S Kupka ½-½ 27 1966 11, Trinec C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 70. A Alekseev vs Karpov ½-½ 22 1966 12, Leningrad A46 Queen's Pawn Game 71. Karpov vs Tsikhelashvili 1-0 39 1966 Moscow jr-ch B24 Sicilian, Closed 72. Karpov vs Walica 1-0 23 1966 06, Trinec B20 Sicilian 73. Chistiakov vs Karpov 0-1 36 1966 06, Leningrad D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 74. Karpov vs V Arbakov 1-0 44 1966 Vladimir tt-jr C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 75. Karpov vs Lilienthal ½-½ 36 1966 Moscow B24 Sicilian, Closed page 3 of 134; games 51-75 of 3,329 REFINE SEARCH: White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Karpov wins | Karpov loses

page 2 of 134; games 26-50 of 3,329 Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. V Kalashnikov vs Karpov ½-½ 36 1962 Zlatoust C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 27. Karpov vs Karin 1-0 39 1962 Cheliabinsk B06 Robatsch 28. Ziuliarkin vs Karpov 0-1 35 1962 Zlatoust C50 Giuoco Piano 29. Manakov vs Karpov 0-1 26 1962 Koyensk C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 30. Ziuliarkin vs Karpov 0-1 51 1963 Zlatoust D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 31. Korotaev vs Karpov 0-1 42 1963 Zlatoust D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 32. V Kalashnikov vs Karpov 0-1 42 1963 Zlatoust C44 King's Pawn Game 33. S Sazontiev vs Karpov 0-1 47 1964 Vladimir jr-ch D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 34. Karpov vs Simanov 1-0 59 1964 Vladimir jr-ch B24 Sicilian, Closed 35. Karpov vs Botvinnik ½-½ 42 1964 Moscow clock simul B15 Caro-Kann 36. Karpov vs Fedin 1-0 46 1964 Vladimir jr-ch B24 Sicilian, Closed 37. Karpov vs A Petroff 1-0 46 1964 Vladimir C01 French, Exchange 38. Drizgalovich vs Karpov 0-1 57 1965 Tula E61 King's Indian 39. Karpov vs Polyakov 1-0 31 1965 Tula C70 Ruy Lopez 40. Karpov vs N Orekhov 1-0 62 1965 Tula C05 French, Tarrasch 41. Karpov vs Spassky ½-½ 32 1965 Vladimir B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 42. Hampyuk vs Karpov 0-1 28 1965 Tula C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 43. Kupreichik vs Karpov 0-1 33 1966 It, Trinec C77 Ruy Lopez 44. Karpov vs I Nowak ½-½ 22 1966 09, Trinec C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 45. Karpov vs Lilienthal ½-½ 36 1966 Moscow B24 Sicilian, Closed 46. Karpov vs Ravinsky ½-½ 40 1966 09, Leningrad C77 Ruy Lopez 47. Karpov vs V Didishko 0-1 20 1966 Moscow jr-ch B01 Scandinavian 48. Karpov vs J Augustin 1-0 42 1966 04, Trinec B24 Sicilian, Closed 49. Ravinsky vs Karpov 0-1 44 1966 04, Leningrad C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 50. Rutka vs Karpov 0-1 31 1966 13, Trinec C77 Ruy Lopez page 2 of 134; games 26-50 of 3,329

ANATOLI KARPOV(born May-23-1951) Russia [what is this?] Anatoly Evgenyevich Karpov was born in 1951 in the town of Zlatoust located in the Southern Ural Mountains in the USSR. He learned to play chess at four years old and earned the World Junior Championship in 1969. In 1970 he became an International Grandmaster. A World Championship Candidate in 1973 he defeated Viktor Korchnoi in the 1974 Candidates' final to earn the right to a match with World Champion Robert James Fischer. When FIDE declared Fischer forfeited, Karpov became the 12th World Chess Champion, the youngest ever at the time. Karpov defended the championship twice against Korchnoi, but in 1985 he lost it to Garry Kasparov. He played three more matches with Kasparov in 1986, 1987 and 1990. Although he failed to defeat Kasparov in each case, all the matches were close. In 1993 Karpov regained the FIDE title after Kasparov broke away from the organization. He successfully defended his title against Gata Kamsky in 1996 and Viswanathan Anand in 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. page 1 of 134; games 1-25 of 3,329 Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Kalashnikov vs Karpov ½-½ 62 1961 Zlatoust E15 Queen's Indian 2. Zadneprovsky vs Karpov 0-1 65 1961 Zlatoust E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 3. B Kalinkin vs Karpov ½-½ 32 1961 Cheliabinsk C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 4. Karpov vs V Kalashnikov 1-0 60 1961 Zlatoust C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 5. Karpov vs Maksimov 1-0 60 1961 Magnitogorsk E81 King's Indian, Samisch 6. Tarinin vs Karpov 1-0 35 1961 Zlatoust C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 7. G Timoshchenko vs Karpov 0-1 53 1961 Borovichi C10 French 8. Karpov vs Gaimaletdinov 1-0 60 1961 Zlatoust C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 9. Karpov vs S Belousov 1-0 40 1961 Borowitschi C07 French, Tarrasch 10. Shusharin vs Karpov 0-1 35 1961 Cheliabinsk C77 Ruy Lopez 11. Karpov vs Ziuliarkin 1-0 35 1961 Zlatoust B24 Sicilian, Closed 12. Karpov vs Nedelin 1-0 36 1961 Borovichi C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 13. Karpov vs Budakov ½-½ 26 1961 Zlatoust C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 14. A Shneider vs Karpov 0-1 51 1961 Cheliabinsk C34 King's Gambit Accepted 15. Karpov vs Shefler 1-0 43 1961 Zlatoust C01 French, Exchange 16. Karpov vs A Alekseev ½-½ 58 1961 Zlatoust B40 Sicilian 17. Lazarev vs Karpov 0-1 49 1961 Cheliabinsk D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Karpov vs Mukhudulin ½-½ 61 1961 Zlatoust B56 Sicilian 19. V G Kirillov vs Karpov 0-1 63 1962 Zlatoust A20 English 20. Kolishkin vs Karpov ½-½ 39 1962 Cheliabinsk C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 21. Karpov vs Piskunov 1-0 35 1962 Zlatoust B03 Alekhine's Defense 22. Karpov vs Tarinin 1-0 53 1962 Cheliabinsk C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz 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. Ziuliarkin vs Karpov 0-1 35 1962 Zlatoust C50 Giuoco Piano page 1 of 134; games 1-25 of 3,329 REFINE SEARCH: White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Karpov wins | Karpov loses a real life chess murder mystery < Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 160 OF 160 · Later Kibitzing > Jan-12-09 M.D. Wilson: Wealthy man indeed. There are a lot of new billionaires in Russia now. Ever since the fall of the USSR, the country has just opened up for the taking. Karpov certainly has an opportunistic bent, which is not necessarily a bad thing, so this story is totally plausible. Jan-12-09 furrer: Thank you Brankat, not that im gonna use the debating feature of the site very much, but its always nice to have a place to get some help etc.! Jan-19-09 Billy Vaughan: http://www.fredlucas.eu/item-x.php?. Jan-31-09 maelith: "Karpov's intentions become understandable to his opponents only when salvation is no longer possible" - Mikhail Tal Feb-05-09 jackpawn: I think it's almost sad to watch Karpov play nowadays. He's losing matches to relative unknowns. The current generation of players won't understand what a truly great player he once was. Feb-05-09 Woody Wood Pusher: < jackpawn: I think it's almost sad to watch Karpov play nowadays. He's losing matches to relative unknowns. The current generation of players won't understand what a truly great player he once was.> He's still rated around 2645 and has put in a number of excellent performances lately (Tal M and Cap d Agde) and I for one am still glad Karpov is playing. Fischer and Kasparov have been and gone, and I can still look forward to new games from Karpov. Feb-05-09 Jim Bartle: Chess is different than other sports because the exact records of the players remains forever in the scores of their games. As compared to, say, people hearing how great Willie Mays was via descriptions or film. So no matter how poorly Karpov plays (sometimes) today, everybody can still see the hundreds of great games he played in his prime. Feb-05-09 Woody Wood Pusher: <So no matter how poorly Karpov plays (sometimes) today, > Come on get real, he is still rated around 2645. Feb-05-09 Jim Bartle: I put that poorly. I meant "even if he were to play weakly," not to suggest he does. It was in response to jackpawn's comment above. Feb-06-09 positionalgenius: <<<<< jackpawn: I think it's almost sad to watch Karpov play nowadays. He's losing matches to relative unknowns. The current generation of players won't understand what a truly great player he once was. >>>>> My thoughts exactly. Feb-06-09 drkodos: Yes. Capablanca and Lasker. Who are they? Somone told me there was some guy named Morphy...anyone know is this is true? Feb-06-09 MaxxLange: He may just need the money, he plays some kind of exhibition event every couple of years. It's almost like the Kasparov matches broke him, he's not that old Feb-06-09 Woody Wood Pusher: < MaxxLange: He may just need the money, he plays some kind of exhibition event every couple of years. It's almost like the Kasparov matches broke him, he's not that old> Congratulations, your post contains not just one, but two of the most ludicrous assertions about Karpov I have ever had the opportunity to laugh at. Feb-06-09 MaxxLange: That can't be right, sincve he had great results in the early 90's I saw him in the flesh at at the US Amateur Teams in 1997, and there was more of it to see...I guess he's just retired and past his prime. If the kiddys don't know what a giant he is, who cares, it just proves that their neophilia and ignorance has led them to folly Feb-06-09 Joshka: Has anyone seen the video interview with Karpov from Dresden, last November? Susan Polgar asks him a question about his meetings with Fischer, and he gave a surprising answer to which Susan, seemed very astonished, and said something to the effect.."Oh , I didn't know that"..of course the interview on my computer has too much echo, and I could not make out Karpov's response to Susan's question. Anyone here, ever see it?....if you have could you maybe paraphrase what answer he gave Susan? It almost sounded as if Karpov met Fischer in Iceland!?? thanks in advance Feb-06-09 MaxxLange: <Joshka> I have heard earlier reports of Karpov-Fischer contacts, but nothing like what you are asking about....I hope they at least got to play some blitz at one point, that would be nice Feb-06-09 MaxxLange: check out early Karpov games for some serious tactical hammerblows - people see him as the ultimate positional purist, but look out if you gave him a chance Feb-07-09 Joshka: <MaxxLange> Well I did hear Karpov say during the interview, that he had met Bobby a few times, but NEVER over the board.....the sound system they were using during the interview was horrible, and Karpov's English was hard to detect what exactly he was saying, but I made out something about "setting up the pieces".....so I'm presuming he was talking about a Fischer Random Match....but also know Karpov had a singed contract for a Gothic Chess Match as well with Fischer....I know Spassky visited with Fischer around 2005, but had never heard about a visit with Karpov....the interview is with Chess Vibes, on her page. Feb-07-09 brankat: A.Karpov certainly doesn't need the money. He's got plenty as it is. Since 1999 when he decided not to purse the Championship any more, Karpov has been working considerably less on the game, and has been, more or less, in a state of a semi-retirement, as far as Chess is concerned. When he does play, it is mostly for purposes of the promotion of the game, or to commemorate old friends and events. Karpov has become a true "ambassador" of Chess. Also, he is actively involved in socio-political life of his country, in business, and, internationally, in a number of humanitarian causes. Besides, as a player, he doesn't really have anything to prove to anyone. Despite all this, Karpov is still a very strong player. If need be, and if he wanted to, with a few month of a strict regime of preparation, I believe, he'd still be a formidable opponent for any player. Feb-07-09 The Rocket: "Well I did hear Karpov say during the interview, that he had met Bobby a few times, but NEVER over the board....." he said he never played fischer?? As far as I remembered they played blitz games... Feb-07-09 Joshka: <TheRocket> No I had never heard Karpov mention anything about blitz games with Bobby at all. Feb-07-09 The Rocket: Well they did play blitz games but it has not been revealed the results of these... Feb-08-09 waustad: It was just announced that he has signed a contract to become the coach and manager of the Iranian team. Feb-10-09 Joshka: <The Rocket> <Well they did play blitz games> Do have personal knowledge? Someone told you? Or you recall reading about it? By what authority can you make a statement like this? thanks in advance Feb-10-09 Karpova: I never heard of Karpov playing (Blitz) games against Bobby also. But I remember Susan Polgar saying that she played Blitz against him and she didn't want to reveal the result. 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Photo copyright © 2006 by Milan Kovacs (www.milankovacs.com) Anatoli Karpov Number of games in database: 3,329 Years covered: 1961 to 2009 Current FIDE rating: 2644Highest rating achieved in database: 2780Overall record: +1145 -297 =1413 (64.9%)* * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games Based on games in the database; may be incomplete. 474 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic. MOST PLAYED OPENINGS With the White pieces: Sicilian (249) B92 B81 B24 B44 B84 King's Indian (174) E60 E62 E81 E71 E63 Queen's Indian (139) E15 E17 E12 E16 E19 Ruy Lopez (130) C95 C82 C84 C92 C80 Queen's Gambit Declined (104) D37 D30 D35 D38 D31 Semi-Slav (88) D45 D47 D48 D46 D43 With the Black pieces: Caro-Kann (263) B17 B12 B10 B14 B11 Queen's Indian (232) E15 E12 E17 E19 E14 Ruy Lopez (170) C92 C95 C69 C77 C98 Nimzo Indian (153) E32 E54 E21 E53 E42 Ruy Lopez, Closed (135) C92 C95 C98 C86 C84 Sicilian (88) B46 B40 B44 B47 B42 NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?] Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984 1-0 Karpov vs Topalov, 1994 1-0 Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974 1-0 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974 1-0 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1984 0-1 Karpov vs Topalov, 1994 1-0 Karpov vs Gulko, 1996 1-0 Timman vs Karpov, 1979 0-1 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 1-0 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984 1-0WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?] Karpov-Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978) Karpov-Korchnoi World Championship Rematch (1981) Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match (1984) Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match (1985) Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Rematch (1986) Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match (1987) Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match (1990) Karpov-Timman FIDE World Championship (1993) Karpov-Kamsky FIDE World Championship (1996) Karpov-Anand World Championship Match (1998)GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?] Karpov Tournament Champion - I by amadeus Karpov Tournament Champion - II by amadeus Anatoly Karpov's Best Games by KingG "Chess Genius Karpov" - Victor Baturinsky by Karpova Learn to play the endgame by castillov Instructive Karpov Games by Billy Ray Valentine Karpov's Ruy Lopez by TheFrench OMGP V by keypusher Road to the Championship - Anatoli Karpov by suenteus po 147 Endgames World champions - part five by Alenrama My Best Games by Anatoly Karpov by Anatoly21 Karpov : Chess At The Top 1979-1984 by refutor WCC Index [Karpov-Kasparov 1984/5] by Resignation Trap Karpov-Kasparov:the Titanic match by kevin86 Search Sacrifice Explorer for Anatoli Karpov

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Notes ^ "Anatoly Karpov's Best Games". http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?user=KingG.2Fwww.chessgames.com%2Fperl%2Fchesscollection%3Fuser%3DKingG&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Anatoly_Karpov"> ^ Karpov, A. (1992). Karpov on Karpov: A Memoirs of a Chess World Champion. Atheneum. ISBN 0689120605.en.wikipedia.org:Anatoly_Karpov"> ^ Kasparov: My Great Predecessors ^ In an article (PDF) published in 2004 on the Chesscafe website Susan Polgar wrote: "I spoke to Boris Spassky about this same issue and he believes that Bobby would have won in 1975, but that Anatoly would have won the rematch." ^ 1984 Karpov - Kasparov Title Match Highlights Mark Weeks' Chess Pages ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - The Credit Suisse Blitz – in pictures ^ Kavalek, Lubomir (25 June 2007). "Chess". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/24/AR2007062401102.html. Retrieved on 25 April 2008.2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2007%2F06%2F24%2FAR2007062401102.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Anatoly_Karpov"> [edit] Books Elista Diaries: Karpov-Kamsky, Karpov-Anand, Anand Mexico City 2007 World Chess Championship Matches (with Ron Henley) ISBN 0-923891-97-8 Karpov, Anatoly (1990), Karpov on Karpov: Memoirs of a chess world champion, Liberty Publishing, ISBN 0-689-12060-5en.wikipedia.org:Anatoly_Karpov"> [edit] Further reading World chess champions by Edward G. Winter, editor. 1981 ISBN 0-08-024094-1 The World's Great Chess Games by Reuben Fine, Dover; 1983. ISBN 0-486-24512-8 Anatoly Karpov's Best Games by Anatoly Karpov, Batsford; 2003. ISBN 0-7134-7843-8 Karpov on Karpov: A Memoirs of a Chess World Champion by Anatoly Karpov, Simon & Schuster; 1992. ISBN 0-689-12060-5 Curse of Kirsan: Adventures in the Chess Underworld by Sarah Hurst, Russell Enterprises, 2002. Karolyi, Tibor; Aplin, Nick (2007), Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov, New In Chess, ISBN 978-90-5691-202-4en.wikipedia.org:Anatoly_Karpov"> Kasparov, Garry (2006), My Great Predecessors, part V, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1-85744-404-3en.wikipedia.org:Anatoly_Karpov"> [edit] External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Anatoly Karpov Karpov's official homepage in Russian. FIDE rating card for Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov at ChessGames.com Edward Winter, List of Books About Karpov and Korchnoi Preceded byBobby Fischer World Chess Champion 1975–1985 Succeeded byGarry Kasparov Preceded byGarry Kasparov FIDE World Chess Champion 1993–1999 Succeeded byAlexander Khalifman [hide] v • d • e World Chess Championships pre-FIDE 1886, 1889, 1891, 1892 (Steinitz) · 1894, 1897, 1907, 1908, 1910 (Jan-Feb), 1910 (Nov-Dec) (Lasker) · 1921 (Capablanca) · 1927, 1929, 1934 (Alekhine) · 1935 (Euwe) · 1937 (Alekhine) FIDE 1948, 1951, 1954 (Botvinnik) · 1957 (Smyslov) · 1958 (Botvinnik) · 1960 (Tal) · 1961 (Botvinnik) · 1963, 1966 (Petrosian) · 1969 (Spassky) · 1972 (Fischer) · 1975, 1978, 1981 (Karpov) · 1984-1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 (Kasparov) Split title Classical 1993, 1995 (Kasparov) · 2000, 2004 (Kramnik) FIDE 1993, 1996, 1998 (Karpov) · 1999 (Khalifman) · 2000 (Anand) · 2002 (Ponomariov) · 2004 (Kasimdzhanov) · 2005 (Topalov) FIDE 2006 (Kramnik) · 2007, 2008 (Anand) · Future: 2009, 2011

FIDE champion again Karpov in 1996 It came as a surprise, then, that Karpov lost a Candidates Match against Nigel Short in 1992. But in 1993, Karpov reacquired the FIDE World Champion title when Kasparov and Short split from FIDE. Karpov defeated Jan Timman – the loser of the Candidates' final against Short. Once again he had become World Champion, and once again he did so controversially, only winning the title because of the absence of Kasparov and Short. The next major meeting of Kasparov and Karpov was the 1994 Linares chess tournament. The field, in eventual finishing order, was Karpov, Kasparov, Shirov, Bareev, Kramnik, Lautier, Anand, Kamsky, Topalov, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Illescas, Judit Polgar, and Beliavsky; with an average Elo rating of 2685, the highest ever to that point, meaning it was the first Category XVIII tournament ever held. Impressed by the strength of the tournament, Kasparov had said several days before the tournament that the winner could rightfully be called the world champion of tournaments. Perhaps spurred on by this comment, Karpov played the best tournament of his life. He was undefeated and earned 11 points out of 13 possible (the best world-class tournament winning percentage since Alekhine won San Remo in 1930), dominating second-place Kasparov and Shirov by a huge 2.5 points. Many of his wins were spectacular (in particular, his win over Topalov is considered possibly the finest of his career). This performance against the best players in the world put his Elo rating tournament performance at 2985, the highest performance rating of any chess player in any tournament in all of chess history. Karpov defended his FIDE title against Gata Kamsky (+6 -3 =9) in 1996. However, in 1998, FIDE largely scrapped the old system of Candidates' Matches, instead having a large knock-out event in which a large number of players contested short matches against each other over just a few weeks. In the first of these events, the FIDE World Chess Championship 1998, champion Karpov was seeded straight into the final, defeating Viswanathan Anand (+2 -2 =2, rapid tiebreak 2:0). But subsequently the champion had to qualify like other players. So Karpov refused to defend his title, and ceased to be FIDE World Champion after the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999. [edit] Towards retirement? Karpov's outstanding classical tournament play has been seriously limited since 1995, since he prefers to be more involved in politics of his home country of Russia. He had been a member of the Supreme Soviet Commission for Foreign Affairs and the President of the Soviet Peace Fund before the Soviet Union broke up. In addition, he had been involved in several disputes with FIDE and became increasingly disillusioned with chess. In the July 2008 FIDE rating list, he is 72nd in the world with an Elo rating of 2651. Karpov usually limits his play to exhibition events, and has revamped his style to specialize in rapid chess. In 2002 he won a match against Kasparov, defeating him in a rapid time control match 2.5-1.5. In 2006, he tied for first with Kasparov in a blitz tournament, ahead of Korchnoi and Judit Polgar.[6] [edit] Style Karpov's "boa constrictor" playing style is solidly positional,[7] taking no risks but reacting mercilessly to any tiny errors made by his opponents. As a result, he is often compared to his idol, the famous José Raúl Capablanca, the third World Champion. Karpov himself describes his style as follows: "Let us say the game may be continued in two ways: one of them is a beautiful tactical blow that gives rise to variations that don't yield to precise calculation; the other is clear positional pressure that leads to an endgame with microscopic chances of victory.... I would choose the latter without thinking twice. If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic." [edit] Notable games Viktor Korchnoi vs Anatoli Karpov, Moscow 1973 Karpov sacrifices a Pawn for a strong center and Queen-side attack. Anatoly Karpov vs Gyula Sax, Linares 1983 Karpov sacrifices for an attack that wins the game 20 moves later, after another spectacular sacrifice from Karpov and counter-sacrifice from Sax. It won the tournament's 1st brilliancy prize. This was not the first time Karpov used the wild-looking Keres Attack (6 g4) - see his win in Anatoli Karpov vs Vlastimil Hort, Alekhine Memorial Tournament, Moscow 1971

Anatoly Karpov From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Anatoly Karpov Full name Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов) Country Russia Born May 23, 1951 (1951-05-23) (age 57)Zlatoust, RSFSR, Soviet Union Title Grandmaster (1970) World Champion 1975–1985 1993–1999 (FIDE) FIDE rating 2644(No. 89 on the January 2009 FIDE ratings list) Peak rating 2780 (July 1994) Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was undisputed World Champion from 1975 to 1985, repeatedly challenged to regain the title from 1986 to 1990, then was FIDE World Champion from 1993 to 1999. His tournament successes include 161[citation needed] first-place finishes. He had a peak Elo rating of 2780. Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia. He has lately been involved in several humanitarian causes, such as advocating the use of iodised salt. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Candidate 3 The Big Match that never was 4 World champion 5 Rivalry with Kasparov 6 FIDE champion again 7 Towards retirement? 8 Style 9 Notable games 10 Notes 11 Books 12 Further reading 13 External links [edit] Early life Karpov was born on May 23, 1951 at Zlatoust in the Urals region of the former Soviet Union, and learned to play chess at the age of four. He has been an excellent student throughout his life. His early rise in chess was swift, as he was a Candidate Master by age 11. At age 12, he was accepted into Mikhail Botvinnik's prestigious chess school. Ironically, Botvinnik had this to say about the young Karpov: "The boy does not have a clue about chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession."[1] Karpov acknowledged that his understanding of chess theory was very confused at that time, and wrote later that the homework which Botvinnik assigned really helped him, since it required that he consult chess books and work diligently.[2] Karpov improved so quickly that he became the youngest Soviet National Master in history at 15 in 1966; this tied the record established by Boris Spassky in 1952 at the same age. Karpov won the title in his first international chess tournament (Trinec 1966-67) several months later. In 1967 he won a European Junior Invitational tournament at Groningen. Karpov won a Gold Medal for academic excellence in high school, and entered Moscow State University in 1968 to study Mathematics. He later transferred to Leningrad State University, eventually graduating from there in Economics. One reason for the transfer was to be closer to his coach, Grandmaster Semyon Furman, who lived in Leningrad. In his writings, Karpov credits Furman as a major influence on his development as a world-class player. In 1969 Karpov became the first Soviet player since Boris Spassky (1955) to win the World Junior Chess Championship, with a score in the finals of 10 out of 11 at Stockholm. Soon afterwards he tied for 4th place at an international tournament in Caracas, Venezuela, and became a Grandmaster. [edit] Candidate The early 1970s showed a big improvement in his game. He won the 1971 Alekhine Memorial in Moscow (equal with Leonid Stein) ahead of a star-filled field, for his first significant adult victory. His Elo rating shot up from 2540 in 1971 to 2660 in 1973, when he came 2nd in the USSR Chess Championship, and placed first in the Leningrad Interzonal Tournament. The latter qualified him for the 1974 Candidates' Tournament, which determined the challenger of the reigning World Champion, Bobby Fischer. Karpov beat Lev Polugaevsky by +3=5 in the first Candidates' match, to face former World Champion Boris Spassky in the next round. Karpov was on record saying that he believed Spassky would easily beat him and win the Candidates' cycle to face Fischer, and that he (Karpov) would win the following Candidates' cycle in 1977. Most expected the Spassky-Karpov match to be a one-sided rout by the ex-champ Spassky. Although Spassky won the first game as Black in good style, tenacious and aggressive play from Karpov secured him a match win by +4-1=6. Karpov was certainly not hurt by the fact that Spassky's chief opening analyst, 1955 Soviet Champion Efim Geller, defected to Karpov's side several months before the match. The Candidates' final was set in Moscow against fellow Soviet Viktor Korchnoi, a notable fighting player. Korchnoi was a Leningrad resident who had frequently sparred with Karpov after the latter moved there, and the two had played a drawn six-game training match in 1971. Intense games were fought, including one "opening laboratory" win against the Sicilian Dragon. Karpov went up 3-0, but tired towards the end and allowed Korchnoi two wins, making for a nervy finish. However, Karpov prevailed +3-2=19. Thus he won the right to challenge Fischer for the World Championship. [edit] The Big Match that never was Though the world championship match between Karpov and Fischer was highly anticipated, the match never came about. Fischer insisted that the match be the first to ten wins (draws not counting), but that the champion would retain the crown if the score was tied 9—9. The sticking point was the 9—9 clause, which was widely seen as unfair on Karpov. FIDE, the International Chess Federation, refused to allow this condition, and so Fischer resigned his crown, to the huge disappointment of the chess world. Karpov later attempted to set up another match with Fischer, but all the negotiations fell through. This thrust the young Karpov into the role of World Champion without having defeated the reigning champion. Garry Kasparov argued that Karpov would have had the better chances, because he had beaten Spassky convincingly and was a new breed of tough professional, and indeed had higher quality games, while Fischer had been inactive for three years.[3] Spassky thought that Fischer would have won in 1975 but Karpov would have qualified again and beaten Fischer in 1978.[4] [edit] World champion Karpov participated in nearly every major tournament for the next ten years. He convincingly won the very strong Milan tournament in 1975, and captured his first of three Soviet titles in 1976. He created the most phenomenal streak of tournament wins against the strongest players in the world. This tournament success even eclipsed the pre-war tournament record of Alekhine. Karpov held the record for most consecutive tournament victories (9) until it was shattered by Garry Kasparov (14). In 1978, Karpov's first title defence was against Viktor Korchnoi, the opponent he had defeated in the previous Candidates' tournament. The situation was vastly different from the previous match, because in the intervening years Korchnoi had defected from the Soviet Union. The match was played at Baguio in the Philippines, and a vast array of psychological tricks were used during the match, from Karpov's Dr. Zukhar who allegedly attempted to hypnotize Korchnoi during the game, to Korchnoi's mirror glasses to ward off the hypnotic stare, Korchnoi's offering to play under the Jolly Roger when he was denied the right to play under Switzerland's flag, to Karpov's yogurt supposedly being used to send him secret messages, to Korchnoi inviting two local cult members (on trial for attempted murder) into the hall as members of his team.[citation needed] The off-board antics are better remembered than the actual chess match. Karpov took an early lead, but Korchnoi staged an amazing comeback very late in the match, and came very close to winning. Karpov narrowly won the last game to take the match 6–5, with 21 draws. Three years later Korchnoi re-emerged as the Candidates' winner against German finalist Dr. Robert Hübner to challenge Karpov in Merano, Italy. This time the psychological trick was the arrest of Korchnoi's son for evading conscription. Again the politics off the board overshadowed the games, but this time Karpov easily won (11–7, +6 -2 =10) in what is remembered as the "Massacre at Merano". Karpov's tournament career reached a peak at the exceptional Montreal "Tournament of Stars" tournament in 1979, where he ended joint first with Mikhail Tal ahead of a field of superb grandmasters like Jan Timman, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Boris Spassky, and Lubomir Kavalek. He dominated Las Palmas 1977 with an incredible 13.5 / 15. He also won the prestigious Bugojno tournament in 1978 and 1980, the Linares tournament in 1981 and 1994, the Tilburg tournament in 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, and 1983, and the Soviet Championship in 1976, 1983, and 1988. Karpov represented the Soviet Union at six Chess Olympiads, in all of which the USSR won the team gold medal. He played first reserve at Skopje 1972, winning the board prize with 13/15. At Nice 1974, he advanced to board one and again won the board prize with 12/14. At La Valletta 1980, he was again board one and scored 9/12. At Lucerne 1982, he scored 6.5/8 on board one. At Dubai 1986, he scored 6/9 on board two. His last was Thessaloniki 1988, where on board two he scored 8/10. In Olympiad play, Karpov lost only two games out of 68 played. To illustrate Karpov's dominance over his peers as champion, his score was +11 -2 =20 versus Spassky, +5 =12 versus Robert Hübner, +6 -1 =16 versus Ulf Andersson, +3 -1 =10 versus Vasily Smyslov, +1 =16 versus Mikhail Tal, +10 -2 =13 versus Ljubojevic. Karpov had cemented his position as the world's best player and world champion when Garry Kasparov arrived on the scene. In their first match, the World Chess Championship 1984, held in Moscow, Karpov quickly built a 4-0 lead, and needed only two more wins to keep his title. Instead, the next 17 games were drawn, and it took Karpov until Game 27 to finally win another game. In Game 31, Karpov had a winning position but failed to take advantage and settled for a draw. He lost the next game, but drew the next 14. In particular, Karpov held a solidly winning position in Game 41, but again blundered terribly and had to settle for a draw. After Kasparov won Games 47 and 48, FIDE President Florencio Campomanes controversially terminated the match, citing the health of the players. Karpov appeared to be in worse health, having lost 10 kg (22 lb) over the course of the match,[5] and lost the last two games. The match had lasted an unprecedented five months, with five wins for Karpov, three for Kasparov, and a staggering forty draws. A rematch was set for later in 1985, also in Moscow. In a hard fight, Karpov had to win game 24 of the 1985 match to retain his title, but lost it and the title 11 to 13 (+3 -5 =16), ending his ten-year reign as champion. [edit] Rivalry with Kasparov Karpov remained a formidable opponent (and the world #2) until the early 1990s. He fought Kasparov in three more World Championship matches in 1986 (held in London and Leningrad), 1987 (held in Seville), and 1990 (held in New York City and Lyon). All three matches were extremely close: the scores were 11.5 to 12.5 (+4 -5 = 15), 12 to 12 (+4 -4 =16), and 11.5 to 12.5 (+3 -4 =17). In all three matches Karpov had winning chances up to the very last games. In particular, the 1987 Seville match featured an astonishing blunder by Kasparov in the 23rd game, and should have led to Karpov's reclaiming the title. Instead, in the final game, needing only a draw to win the title, Karpov cracked under pressure from the clock at the end of the first session of play, allowing Kasparov to adjourn the game a pawn up. After a further mistake in the second session, Karpov was slowly ground down and resigned on move 64, ending the match and allowing Kasparov to keep the title. In their five world championship matches, Karpov has 19 wins, 21 losses, and 104 draws in 144 games. Karpov is on record saying that had he had the opportunity to fight Fischer for the crown like Kasparov had the opportunity to fight him, he (Karpov) could have been a much better player as a result.