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Karpov, Anatoly

World Champion

modern era

Anatoly Karpov was the twelfth World Champion (1975-1985), a protege of Botvinnik who compiled perhaps the greatest tournament record in chess history with over 160 first-place finishes. His "boa constrictor" positional style allowed him to slowly strangle opponents by accumulating minute advantages until no good moves remained, earning him nine Chess Oscar awards. His epic rivalry with Garry Kasparov produced five consecutive World Championship matches from 1984 to 1990, one of the greatest rivalries in sporting history.

Total Games

3529

Wins

1367

Draws

1655

Losses

496

38.7% wins46.9% draws14.1% losses

Most Played Openings

E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation179B17 - Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation118E32 - Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation95B12 - Caro-Kann Defense88C92 - Ruy Lopez: Closed79C42 - Petrov's Defense78E12 - Queen's Indian Defense77D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack58A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit52D58 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense52

Most Faced Opponents

Kasparov, Gary171 gamesKortschnoj, Viktor106 gamesTimman, Jan H100 gamesAnand, Viswanathan68 gamesLjubojevic, Ljubomir62 gamesAndersson, Ulf45 gamesPolgar, Judit43 gamesPortisch, Lajos42 gamesGelfand, Boris40 gamesIvanchuk, Vassily39 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Karpov, Anatoly vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir

Amber Blindfold

1999

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FCGFCG
0-1

Karpov, Anatoly vs Anand, Viswanathan

Amber-rapid 3rd

1994

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FCGFCG
0-1

Anand, Viswanathan vs Karpov, Anatoly

FIDE-Wch k.o. f

1998

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FCGFCG
0-1

Gelfand, Boris vs Karpov, Anatoly

Amber Blindfold

1999

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FCGFCG
1-0

Anand, Viswanathan vs Karpov, Anatoly

FIDE-Wch k.o. f

1998

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FCGFCG
0-1

Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent

Tilburg

1980

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FCGFCG
1-0

Anand,V vs Karpov,An

Amber Blindfold

2001

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FCGFCG
1-0

Gelfand,B vs Karpov,Ana

Tal Memorial Blitz

2008

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FCGFCG
0-1

Karpov,Ana vs Carlsen,M

Tal Memorial Blitz

2008

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FCGFCG
1-0

Zhang Pengxiang vs Karpov,An

FIDE WCh KO

2001

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Games (3529)

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Karpov, Anatoly vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Voronezh simul 1997 D00
Anand, Viswanathan vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
Chess Classics 1997 E15
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
Dos Hermanas 1997 E32
Karpov, Anatoly vs Topalov, Veselin
1/2-1/2
Chess Classics 1997 D46
Karpov, Anatoly vs Anand, Viswanathan
0-1
Chess Classics f 1997 A29
Van Wely, Loek vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 6th 1997 E12
Karpov, Anatoly vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0
Amber-blind 6th 1997 A17
Anand, Viswanathan vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Credit Suisse 1997 E15
Karpov, Anatoly vs Gelfand, Boris
1/2-1/2
Credit Suisse 1997 D46
Karpov, Anatoly vs Anand, Viswanathan
1/2-1/2
Credit Suisse 1997 D46
Gelfand, Boris vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Credit Suisse 1997 A17
Huebner, Robert vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1997 B12
Short, Nigel D vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Dos Hermanas 1997 B12
Karpov, Anatoly vs Anand, Viswanathan
1/2-1/2
Dos Hermanas 1997 D20
Topalov, Veselin vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Dos Hermanas 1997 B17
Karpov, Anatoly vs Shirov, Alexei
1-0
Dos Hermanas 1997 E63
Karpov, Anatoly vs Polgar, Judit
1/2-1/2
Dos Hermanas 1997 E05
Karpov, Anatoly vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0
JUG-chT 1996 D58
Leko, Peter vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1996 B17
Onischuk, Alexander vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Biel SKA 1996 E48
Karpov, Anatoly vs Romanishin, Oleg M
1-0
Biel SKA 1996 E12
Nikolic, Predrag vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
Amber-rapid 5th 1996 D78
Karpov, Anatoly vs Piket, Jeroen
1/2-1/2
Tilburg Fontys 1996 D77
Karpov, Anatoly vs Tukmakov, Vladimir B
1/2-1/2
Biel SKA 1996 D45
Karpov, Anatoly vs Anand, Viswanathan
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1996 E15
Shirov, Alexei vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Vienna Millenium 1996 B12
Gelfand, Boris vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
Vienna Millenium 1996 E17
Polgar, Judit vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Vienna Millenium 1996 D42
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
JUG-chT 1996 E05
Almasi, Zoltan vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
Tilburg Fontys 1996 B17
Lautier, Joel vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
Amber-blind 5th 1996 E12
Xie Jun vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Amber-blind 5th 1996 B12
Piket, Jeroen vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Amber-blind 5th 1996 E05
Lautier, Joel vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Biel SKA 1996 E12
Andersson, Ulf vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Biel SKA 1996 A13
Karpov, Anatoly vs Lautier, Joel
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 5th 1996 D20
Karpov, Anatoly vs Jussupow, Artur
1/2-1/2
Vienna Millenium 1996 B81
Topalov, Veselin vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Vienna Millenium 1996 A17
Karpov, Anatoly vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
Vienna Millenium 1996 D97
Karpov, Anatoly vs Nikolic, Predrag
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 5th 1996 A88
Karpov, Anatoly vs Xie Jun
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 5th 1996 D76
Karpov, Anatoly vs Almasi, Zoltan
1-0
Biel SKA 1996 E15
Karpov, Anatoly vs Piket, Jeroen
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 5th 1996 E15
Van Wely, Loek vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
Tilburg Fontys 1996 E15
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kramnik, Vladimir
1-0
Vienna Millenium 1996 D46
Karpov, Anatoly vs Lautier, Joel
1-0
Tilburg Fontys 1996 D43
Karpov, Anatoly vs Milov, Vadim
1/2-1/2
Biel SKA 1996 E94
Miles, Anthony J vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Biel SKA 1996 A07
Sutovskij, Emil vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Tilburg Fontys 1996 B17
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Biel SKA 1996 E15
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