Karpov, Anatoly
World ChampionAnatoly 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
Featured Games
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
Amber Blindfold
1999
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Anand, Viswanathan
Amber-rapid 3rd
1994
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Anand, Viswanathan vs Karpov, Anatoly
FIDE-Wch k.o. f
1998
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Gelfand, Boris vs Karpov, Anatoly
Amber Blindfold
1999
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Anand, Viswanathan vs Karpov, Anatoly
FIDE-Wch k.o. f
1998
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1980
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Anand,V vs Karpov,An
Amber Blindfold
2001
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Gelfand,B vs Karpov,Ana
Tal Memorial Blitz
2008
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Karpov,Ana vs Carlsen,M
Tal Memorial Blitz
2008
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Zhang Pengxiang vs Karpov,An
FIDE WCh KO
2001
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1-0US-chT Amateur East 1998 B14
Slepian, Randy vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1US-chT Amateur East 1998 A13
Karpov, Anatoly vs Slama, A.
1-0Bastia sim 1998 A25
Karpov, Anatoly vs Orsoni, Jean Philippe
1-0Bastia sim 1998 A16
Karpov, Anatoly vs Galli, Jean Christ
1-0Bastia sim 1998 D85
Karpov, Anatoly vs Cheikh M'Hamed, K.
1/2-1/2Bastia sim 1998 B08
Karpov, Anatoly vs Luciani, JF.
1-0Bastia sim 1998 B31
Karpov, Anatoly vs Anton, Juergen
1/2-1/2Bastia sim 1998 C65
Karpov, Anatoly vs Ceccaldi, D.
1-0Bastia sim 1998 A59
Karpov, Anatoly vs Gallissot, Alexandre
1-0Bastia sim 1998 D47
Karpov, Anatoly vs Guillouet, Y.
1-0Bastia sim 1998 E87
Karpov, Anatoly vs Lorenzi, P.
1-0Bastia sim 1998 A35
Karpov, Anatoly vs Armao, O.
1-0Bastia sim 1998 D32
Karpov, Anatoly vs Baud, C.
1-0Bastia sim 1998 D20
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kolega, M.
1-0Bastia sim 1998 C45
Karpov, Anatoly vs Perez, F.
1-0Bastia sim 1998 B31
Karpov, Anatoly vs Bacrot, Etienne
1-0Cap d'Agde KO 1998 A16
Bacrot, Etienne vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2Cap d'Agde KO 1998 D56
Karpov, Anatoly vs Adianto, Utut
1-0Cap d'Agde KO 1998 B19
Karpov, Anatoly vs Adianto, Utut
1/2-1/2Cap d'Agde KO 1998 D25
Adianto, Utut vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0Cap d'Agde KO 1998 E12
Adianto, Utut vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1Cap d'Agde KO 1998 E39
Kobese, Watu vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1Cap d'Agde-A 1998 B12
Hamdouchi, Hichem vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2Cap d'Agde-A 1998 B12
Karpov, Anatoly vs Dorfman, Josif D
1/2-1/2Cap d'Agde-A 1998 D11
Vescovi, Giovanni vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2Cap d'Agde-A 1998 E12
Karpov, Anatoly vs Rogers, Ian
1-0Cap d'Agde-A 1998 E10
Rublevsky, Sergei vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0Rubinstein mem 35th 1998 B17
Oll, Lembit vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2Rubinstein mem 35th 1998 E15
Karpov, Anatoly vs Markowski, Tomasz
1/2-1/2Rubinstein mem 35th 1998 E60
Macieja, Bartlomiej vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1Rubinstein mem 35th 1998 B19
Krasenkow, Michal vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0Rubinstein mem 35th 1998 D37
Ye Jiangchuan vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1Beijing m g/25 1998 B17
Wang Zili vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1Beijing m g/25 1998 B12
Karpov, Anatoly vs Xu Jun
1-0Beijing m g/25 1998 D20
Karpov, Anatoly vs Peng Xiaomin
1/2-1/2Beijing m g/25 1998 D79
Karpov, Anatoly vs Zhu Chen
1-0Beijing sim 1998 D46
Karpov, Anatoly vs Wang Pin
1-0Beijing sim 1998 E81
Qin Kanying vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1Beijing sim 1998 B12
Wang Lei vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2Beijing sim 1998 E32
Karpov, Anatoly vs Mellul, P.
*EE Internet sim 1998 D79
Karpov, Anatoly vs Cernousek, Lukas
1-0EE Internet sim 1998 D17
Karpov, Anatoly vs Pribyl, Martin
*EE Internet sim 1998 D77
Karpov, Anatoly vs Misecka, Rastislav
1-0EE Internet sim 1998 E16
Karpov, Anatoly vs Wilks
*EE Internet sim 1998 B22
Karpov, Anatoly vs Dang
*EE Internet sim 1998 D36
Karpov, Anatoly vs Staszym, M.
*EE Internet sim 1998 E11
Karpov, Anatoly vs Juaneda
*EE Internet sim 1998 D46
Karpov, Anatoly vs Virostko, Petr
1-0EE Internet sim 1998 E85
Karpov, Anatoly vs Jirka, Jiri
1/2-1/2EE Internet sim 1998 D13