Anatoly Karpov

Anatoli Yevgenyevich Karpov (????????? ??????????? ???????) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He is the most successful tournament player of all time, and as of July 2005 he has 161 first-place finishes to his credit. From 1978 to 1998 he played in every FIDE World Championship match. His overall professional record is 1,118 wins, 287 losses, and 1,480 draws in 3,163 games. His peak ELO rating is 2780.

External links

• Karpov's official homepage (in English and Russian)
• Karpov's Best Games at www.chessgames.com
• Karpov's profile at www.chessgames.com
• Karpov on why Fischer wouldn't play him in the 1975 match Video Clip
• 60 Crucial Positions from His Games

His "best" games:

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• Anatoly Karpov vs Leonid Stein, Leningrad 1971
• Stefano Tatai vs Anatoly Karpov, Las Palmas 1977
• Anatoly Karpov vs Veselin Topalov, Linares 1994