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Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich |
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One
of the best chess player of the 20th century, selected by
the readers of Chess Informant |
Birth:
May 23, 1951 Zlatoust, USSR
Nationality: RUS - Russia
Biographical data: USSR player
International Master, 1969.
International Grandmaster, 1970.
European Junior Champion, 1967-68.
World Junior Champion, 1969.
USSR Champion, 1976, 1982, 1988.
World Champion, 1975-1985, 1993-1999. |
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The
most important results: |
1968
Moscow 1st
1969 Stockholm 1st
1970 Kuibyshev 1st
1971 Daugavpils 1st
1971 Leningrad (m), Korchnoi 3:3
1973 Madrid 1st
1974 Moscow (m), Polugaevsky 5,5:2,5
1974 Leningrad (m), Spassky 7:4
1974 Moscow (m), Korchnoi 12,5:11,5
1975 Portoroz/Ljubljana 1st
1976 Amsterdam 1st
1977 Bad Lauterberg 1st
1977 Las Palmas 1st
1977 Tilburg 1st
1978 Baguio City (m), Korchnoi 16,5:15,5
1979 Tilburg 1st
1980 Bad Kissingen 1st
1980 Bugojno 1st
1980 Amsterdam 1st
1980 Tilburg 1st
1981 Meran (m), Korchnoi 11:7
1981 Linares 1st
1981 Moscow 1st
1982 Tilburg 1st
1983 Tilburg 1st
1984 London 1st
1984/85 Moscow (m), Kasparov 25:23
1985 Moscow (m), Kasparov 11:13
1985 Amsterdam 1st
1986 London/Leningrad (m), Kasparov 11,5:12,5
1986 Bugojno 1st
1987 Sevilla (m), Kasparov 12:12
1988 Wijk aan Zee 1st
1988 Tilburg 1st
1990 Biel 1st
1990 New York/Lyon (m), Kasparov 11,5:12,5
1991 Reggio Emilia 1st
1992 Biel 1st
1993 Dortmund 1st
1993 Netherlands/Indonessia (m), Timman 12,5:8,5
1994 Linares 1st
1995 Groningen 1st
1996 Elista (m), Kamsky 10,5:7,5
1998 Lausanne (m), Anand 5:3 |
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Karpov
versus Fischer?
It
is easier to earn than to keep.
It is even easier to make a move and
then to think.
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Cartoon by J. Prokopljevic
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Within
two years, Karpov became both the junior world champion and a grandmaster.
No one had ever done it before. Chess experts directed their scrutiny
at this twenty-year-old youngster from an unheard-of Siberian town called
Zlatoust. Just a year latter, on December 18, 1971, Botvinnik enthused:
"Remember this day: a star of the first magnitude has appeared in
the chess firmament." |
Already
two years latter the Brazilian Mecking, who has a rather high opinion
of himself, was forced to expand his list of the world's best: "They're
Fischer, myself and Karpov."
Many years have gone
by since Reykjavik. Since then, Fischer appeared only in several court
cases, and only President Marcos of the Philippines had an occasion to
play a game with him. In the meanwhile, which has never recovered from
its disappointment over never seeing the Fischer-Karpov match or ceased
hoping that such an encounter and Fischer's comeback would take place.
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| Now that
the dust has settled, one question still remains unanswered or perhaps has
too many answers: Why did Fischer not want a match with Karpov? Why did
he set out his conditions to FIDE in 63 points? Why did one of the conditions
call for the organizers to make available to the players the make of car
of their choice, even if it is to be a fifty-year-old model? When the Soviet
representatives objected that such a demand was unreasonable and that such
old models might not be available in Moscow, the suggestion came that in
such a case the entire match should be played in New York City. |
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| The other
side acquiesced to this proposal, on condition that a player could demand,
if he so wished, a Russian troika instead of a car. |
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The
negotiation of conditions had turned into a farce, and when FIDE offered
as a compromise that the length of the match should not be limited, as
demanded by Fischer, but that the challenger did not have to have two
points advantage in order to win the match, negotiations broke down. Fischer
did not want to accept FIDE's ruling, and the match did not take place.
Karpov is the world
champion who after winning his title did not rest on his laurels but went
on playing at one tournament after another-and winning-and so 30 years. |
| By
A. Matanovic |
Karpov
- Korchnoi [B 78]
Moscow (m/2) 1974 - 18/433 (CI 18)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5
12.0-0-0 Nc4 13.Bc4 Rc4 14.h5 Nh5 15.g4 Nf6 16.Nde2! Qa5
[16...Re8 17.e5 de5 18.g5±] 17.Bh6 Bh6 [17...Bh8 18.Bf8
Kf8 white stands slightly better] 18.Qh6 Rfc8 19.Rd3 [19.Rd5 Qd8
20.g5 Nh5 21.Nf4 Qf8 22.Qf8 Kf8 23.Nh5 gh5 24.Rh5 Kg7 white stands slightly
better Botvinnik] 19...R4c5? [19...Qd8 20.e5 (20.g5 Nh5 21.Nf4
Qf8 22.Qf8 Kf8 23.Nh5 gh5 24.Rh5 Kg7 white stands slightly better)
20...de5 21.g5 (21.Ng3 Qf8 22.Qf8 Rf8 23.g5 Bc6 24.gf6 ef6 black stands
slightly better) 21...Nh5 22.Ng3 Qf8 23.Qf8 Kf8 24.Nh5 Bf5 25.Ng3
Bd3 26.cd3 Rf4= Botvinnik] 20.g5!!+- [20.Nd5 Rc2] 20...Rg5
[20...Nh5 21.Nf4 Rg5 22.Ncd5+-] 21.Rd5! Rd5 22.Nd5 Re8 23.Nef4 Bc6
[23...Be6 24.Ne6! (24.e5? de5! 25.Nf6 ef6 26.Nh5 gh5 27.Rg1 Bg4 28.fg4
Qc5) 24...fe6 25.Nf6 ef6 26.Qh7 Kf8 27.Qd7!+-] 24.e5!! Bd5
[24...de5 25.Nf6 ef6 26.Nh5!+-] 25.ef6 ef6 26.Qh7 Kf8 27.Qh8 [27...
Ke7 28.Nd5 Qd5 29.Re1] 1-0
Korchnoi-Karpov, 1981
Karpov - Dorfman [B
81]
USSR (ch) 1976 - 22/491 (CI
22)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Be7 7.g5 Nfd7 8.h4!? Nc6 9.Be3 a6 10.Qe2!? Qc7 11.0-0-0
b5 12.Nc6! [12.Nf5;
12.Nd5; 12.Bg2] 12...Qc6 13.Bd4! b4 [13...Bb7 14.a3±; 13...e5
14.Be3...Nd5±] 14.Nd5 ed5 15.Bg7 [15.ed5? Qd5 16.Bg7 Qh1
17.Re1 Ne5 18.Be5 de5 19.Qe5 0-0!-+] 15...Rg8 16.ed5 Qc7 17.Bf6!
[17.Re1 Ne5 18.Be5 de5-+] 17...Ne5 18.Be5 de5 19.f4! Bf5 [19...ef4?
20.d6+-; 19...Bd6 20.fe5 Be5 21.d6] 20.Bh3 Bh3 21.Rh3 Rc8 22.fe5 Qc4!
23.Rdd3 Qf4 24.Kb1 Rc4! 25.d6 Re4 26.Rhe3 Re3 [26...Rg5 27.hg5 Bg5
28.d7 Kd8 29.Rd1!! Karpov] 27.Re3 Qh4 [27...Rg5 28.hg5 Bg5 29.d7
Ke7 (29...Kd8 30.Qa6+-) 30.d8Q Kd8 31.Rd3+- Karpov] 28.Qf3!
Qg5! [28...Bg5 29.e6!
+-] 29.Re1!? [29.Qc6 Kf8 30.de7 Qe7 31.Qh6 Rg7 white stands slightly
better] 29...Qg2 [29...Qg4 30.Qd3 unclear] 30.Qf5 Rg6 31.Rf1
Qd5 32.de7 Ke7 [32...a5 33.Qh5 h6 34.e6!! Rf6! 35.ef7 Rf7 (35...Ke7
36.Rf6+-; 35...Qf7 36.Qb5±) 36.Qg6] 33.Qf4 a5 34.Qh4 Ke8
35.Qh7 Qf3 36.Qh8 Ke7 [36...Kd7 37.e6!] 37.Qh4 Ke8 38.Qc4! Qb7
39.b3!+- Re6 40.Rg1 Re5 41.Rg8 Ke7 42.Qh4 Kd7 43.Qf6! Re7 44.Qf5 Kd6 45.Qa5
Re5 46.Qd8 Ke6 47.Kb2! f6 48.Rf8 Qg7 49.Qc8 Kd5 50.Qc4 1-0
Karpov - Korchnoi [C
80]
Baguio City (m/8) 1978 - 26/286 (CI 26)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Ne4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.de5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 g6?! [10...Nb3?!
11.Nb3 Be7 12.Be3±; 10...d4] 11.Qe2 Bg7 12.Nd4! Ne5 [12...Nd4
13.cd4±; 12...Qd7 13.Nc6 Qc6 14.Nf3 white stands slightly better]
13.f4 Nc4 14.f5± gf5 15.Nf5 Rg8 [15...0-0 16.Ng7 Kg7 17.Bc4
bc4 18.Nc4±] 16.Nc4! [16.Bc2!?; 16.Nf3!?] 16...dc4 [16...bc4
17.Be3! cb3 18.Bc5 ba2 19.Ne7 Rh8 20.Rf7±] 17.Bc2 Nd3 [17...Qd5
18.Bh6 Be5 19.Rad1 Nd3 20.Bd3 cd3 21.Rd3 Qc5 22.Kh1 Rd8 23.Rfd1! Rd3 24.Qd3+-
Tal] 18.Bh6 Bf8 [18...Bh6 19.Nh6 Rg6 20.Nf7 Qe7 21.Bd3 (21.Rae1
Ne1 22.Bg6 hg6 23.Re1 Qf7 24.Qe6 white stands slightly better) 21...cd3
22.Qe4 Qc5 23.Rf2 Qd5 24.Qd5 Bd5 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.Nd3 Ba2 27.Nc5+- Najdorf]
19.Rad1 Qd5 20.Bd3 cd3 21.Rd3+- Qc6 [21...Bc5 22.Kh1 Rg2 23.Ng7!
(23.Qg2? Qd3 24.Qa8 Kd7-+) 23...Ke7 24.Qe6+-] 22.Bf8 Qb6
[22...Kf8 23.Nd4 Qb6 24.Qe6+-; 22...Rf8 23.Nd4+-] 23.Kh1 Kf8 24.Qf3
Re8 [24...Rb8 25.Nh6 Rg7 26.Qf6 c5 27.Re1 Re8 28.Nf5 Rg6 29.Qh8 Rg8
30.Qh7+- Zaitsev] 25.Nh6 Rg7 26.Rd7! Rb8 27.Nf7 Bd7 28.Nd8 1-0
Milov-Karpov, Biel 1997
Timman
- Karpov [A 28]
Montreal 1979 - 28/40 (CI 28)
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
4.e3 Be7 5.d4 ed4 6.Nd4 0-0 [6...Nd4 7.Qd4 0-0 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0 white
stands slightly better] 7.Nc6 [7.Be2] 7...bc6 8.Be2 d5 9.0-0
Bd6 10.b3 [10.cd5 cd5 11.b3=] 10...Qe7! 11.Bb2 [11.Qc2] 11...dc4!
[11...Rd8 12.cd5 Qe5!? (12...cd5 13.Nb5 Ba6 14.Nd4 white stands slightly
better) 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Bb4 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Qc1 cd5 17.Bf3 white stands
slightly better] 12.bc4?! [12.Bc4 Qe5! 13.g3 Bh3] 12...Rb8 13.Qc1
Ng4 14.g3 [14.h3 Qe5 15.g3 Ne3!-+; 14.Bg4 Bg4 black has the upper
hand] 14...Re8 15.Nd1? [15.Bf3 Ne5 16.Be2] 15...Nh2! 16.c5 [16.Kh2
Qh4 17.Kg1 Bg3 18.fg3 Qg3 19.Kh1 Re4! (19...Re6 20.Bf6!) 20.Rf4
Rf4 21.ef4 Qe1 22.Kg2 Qe2-+] 16...Nf1 17.cd6 Ng3!! 18.fg3 Qd6 19.Kf2
[19.Kg2 Qh6 20.g4 Qg5 with attack] 19...Qh6 20.Bd4 Qh2 21.Ke1 Qg3 22.Kd2
Qg2!-+ 23.Nb2 Ba6 24.Nd3 [24.Qf1 Qh2] 24...Bd3! 25.Kd3 Rbd8 26.Bf1
Qe4 27.Kc3 c5! 28.Bc5 Qc6 29.Kb3 Rb8 30.Ka3 Re5 31.Bb4 Qb6 [32.Qd2
Re3] 0-1
Karpov - Huebner [B
85]
Bad Kissingen 1980 - 29/374 (CI 29)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qe1 Nd4
12.Bd4 Bc6 13.Qg3 b5 14.a3 g6?!
[14...Qc7 15.Rac1; 14...Qd7!?] 15.Bf3 Qd7 16.Rad1 Qb7 17.f5! e5
[17...Ne4? 18.Ne4 Be4 19.f6 Bd8 20.Qh4+-] 18.Be3 b4 19.ab4 Qb4 20.Bg5!
Qb2 21.Rd3 Qc2 22.Bd1 Qb2 23.Bf6! [23.Qh4?! Ne4!] 23...Bf6 24.Rd6
Bb5 [24...Bh4? 25.Qh4 Qc3 26.Qh6+-] 25.Rf2 Qc1? [25...Qa1!?
26.fg6!? (26.Rf6?! Rac8) 26...Bg7 27.gf7 Kh8 28.h3±]
26.Rf6 Rac8 [26...Rad8 27.fg6 Rd1 28.Nd1 Qd1 29.Rf1 Bf1 30.gf7 Kh8
31.Qe5 Bg2 32.Kg2 Qg4 33.Kf2 Qg7 34.h4+-] 27.Rc2! Qa1 [27...Rc3
28.Rc1 Rc1 29.Rd6 Ba4 30.Qe1 Rb8 31.f6+-] 28.fg6 hg6 [28...Rc3
29.gf7 Kh8 30.Qe5 Ra3 31.Rb2+-] 29.Rd6 Rc7 30.Qe5 Rfc8 31.Qd5! [31.Rcd2?
Qc3] 31...Kg7 [31...Rc3 32.Rg6+-] 32.Qd4 Kh7 33.Nb5
1-0
Karpov
- Sax [B 81]
Linares 1983 - 35/299 (CI
35)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1 Be7 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.h4 Nd4 11.Bd4 e5
12.Be3 Bc6 13.Qd3! Qa5 [13...Nh7 14.g5 hg5 15.Nd5 white stands slightly
better] 14.0-0-0 Ne4 [14...0-0-0 15.g5 d5 16.gf6 de4 17.Qc4!?]
15.Ne4 d5 16.Qb3! de4 17.Bc4 Rf8 [17...0-0 18.g5] 18.Rd5! Bd5
[18...Qc7 19.Rgd1] 19.Bd5 Rd8 [19...Qb4 20.Bb7 Qb3 21.ab3 Rb8
22.Bc6 Kd8 23.Ba7 Kc7 24.Bb8 Rb8 25.Be4± Karpov] 20.Bc4! Bb4!
[20...Bd6 21.Qb7 Qc7 22.Qe4±] 21.c3 b5! 22.Be2 Bd6 23.Qd5! Ke7?!
[23...Qc7 24.Bb5 (24.g5) 24...Ke7 25.Qe4] 24.Bc5! Bc5 only
move [24...f6 25.Bc4! Rd7 26.Rd1+-] 25.Qe5 Kd7 26.Qc5 Qc7 27.Qf5 Ke7
[27...Kc6 28.Qb5 Kd6 29.Qb4+-] 28.Qe4 Kd7 29.Qf5 Ke7 30.Re1 Rd6 31.Bc4
Kd8 32.Bb5 a6 33.Ba4! g6 34.Qf3! Kc8 35.Re7! Rd1 [35...Qe7 36.Qa8
Kc7 37.Qa7 Kd8 38.Qb8# Karpov] 36.Kd1 Qe7 [36...Rd8 37.Rd7 Rd7
38.Bd7 Qd7 39.Kc1+-] 37.Qa8 Kc7 38.Qa7 Kd6 39.Qb6 [39... Kd5 40.Qd4
Ke6 41.Bb3#] 1-0
Groningen/Lausanne (wch),
1997/98
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