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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 Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2
Candidats final 1974 C70
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Candidats final 1974 E17
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Candidats final 1974 E17
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2
Candidats final 1974 C09
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0
Nice olm fin-A 1974 B36
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2
Candidats final 1974 E03
Gheorghiu, Florin vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Nice olm fin-A 1974 A17
Hartston, William R vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Nice olm fin-A 1974 B85
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Candidats final 1974 A17
Karpov, Anatoly vs Al Mallah, S.
1-0
Nice olm prel 1974 C08
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Candidats final 1974 E18
Radulov, Ivan vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Nice olm fin-A 1974 B17
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1-0
Candidats final 1974 C42
Karpov, Anatoly vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
1/2-1/2
Madrid 1973 C68
Panno, Oscar vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Madrid 1973 A12
Karpov, Anatoly vs Szabo, Laszlo
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 B53
Karpov, Anatoly vs Csom, Istvan
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 B53
Ribli, Zoltan vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 B49
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
URS-ch41 1973 A05
Bilek, Istvan vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 A36
Calvo Minguez, Ricardo vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Madrid 1973 A08
Karpov, Anatoly vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1-0
Madrid 1973 C09
Tukmakov, Vladimir B vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
URS-ch41 1973 B42
Antoshin, Vladimir S vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 E18
Karpov, Anatoly vs Savon, Vladimir A
1-0
URS-ch41 1973 A30
Karpov, Anatoly vs Adorjan, Andras
1-0
Tungsram Budapest 1973 D91
Karpov, Anatoly vs Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich
1/2-1/2
URS-ch41 1973 D41
Karpov, Anatoly vs Hort, Vlastimil
1-0
Tungsram Budapest 1973 C06
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kuzmin, Gennadi P
1-0
URS-ch41 1973 B93
Hecht, Hans Joachim vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
EU-chT 1973 C02
Karpov, Anatoly vs Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
1-0
Madrid 1973 B11
Karpov, Anatoly vs Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel
1/2-1/2
Madrid 1973 A25
Forintos, Gyozo V vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 D37
Karpov, Anatoly vs Sveshnikov, Evgeny
1/2-1/2
URS-ch41 1973 B33
Karpov, Anatoly vs Hort, Vlastimil
1/2-1/2
Madrid 1973 B19
Averkin, Orest N vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
URS-ch41 1973 A30
Karpov, Anatoly vs Sax, Gyula
1-0
Tungsram Budapest 1973 E64
Karpov, Anatoly vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Tungsram Budapest 1973 C09
Ghizdavu, Dumitru vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
EU-chT 1973 B93
Ciocaltea, Victor vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 A04
Tukmakov, Vladimir B vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Madrid 1973 E19
Karpov, Anatoly vs Whiteley, Andrew J
1-0
EU-chT 1973 B79
Velimirovic, Dragoljub vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 C98
Karpov, Anatoly vs Lengyel, Levente
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 C94
Karpov, Anatoly vs Rashkovsky, Nukhim N
1-0
URS-ch41 1973 E91
Kaplan, Julio P vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Madrid 1973 B47
Garcia Martinez, Silvino vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Madrid 1973 B42
Karpov, Anatoly vs Browne, Walter S
1/2-1/2
Madrid 1973 A43
Karpov, Anatoly vs Hecht, Hans Joachim
1/2-1/2
Tungsram Budapest 1973 A29
Karpov, Anatoly vs Ribli, Zoltan
1-0
EU-chT 1973 B52
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