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.

Further reading

• World chess champions by Edward G. Winter, editor. 1981 ISBN 0080249041
• The World's Great Chess Games by Reuben Fine, Dover; 1983. ISBN 0486245128
• Anatoly Karpov's Best Games by Anatoly Karpov, Batsford; 2003. ISBN 0713478438
• Karpov on Karpov: A Memoirs of a Chess World Champion by Anatoly Karpov, Simon & Schuster; 1992. ISBN 0689120605
• Curse of Kirsan: Adventures in the Chess Underworld by Sarah Hurst, Russell Enterprises, 2002.