The only things I don't like about Karpov are that he had poor personal hygiene and allegedly collaborated with the KGB to persecute other chess players who would be his opponents, such as Korchnoi.
Wow, so he was stinky and corrupt!
The only things I don't like about Karpov are that he had poor personal hygiene and allegedly collaborated with the KGB to persecute other chess players who would be his opponents, such as Korchnoi.
Wow, so he was stinky and corrupt!
The Russians always sent KGB agents to accompany the players. Bronstein says in his book "Secret Notes" That Grandmaster Bondarevsky was one of the KGB agents that went to the Zurich 1953 tournament. Bronstein says one of the KGB guys told one of the Russian players who questioned why he must draw with Smyslov---"do you think we came here to play chess"?
I would play through the games of various players and see what style you feel happy with.