In 1995 – 1996, the defending FIDE champion ( Anatoly Karpov ) also entered the Candidates, in the semi-finals, so the winner was the FIDE world champion.

The route which now is known as the classic route, via the Razdelnaya Peak and NW Ridge, was first climbed in 1954 by the team of Soviet climbers under the direction of V. Kovalev ( P. Karpov, E. Nagel, V. Narishkin, V. Nozdryuhin ).

At twelve, he was accepted into Mikhail Botvinnik's prestigious chess school, though Botvinnik made the following remark about the young Karpov: " The boy does not have a clue about chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession.

In 1969, Karpov became the first Soviet player since Spassky ( 1955 ) to win the World Junior Chess Championship, scoring an undefeated 10 / 11 in the finals at Stockholm.

* 1985 – Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.

Karpov was born on May 23, 1951 at Zlatoust in the Urals region of the former Soviet Union, and learned to play chess at the age of four.

His KGB handler, Alexsandr Karpov, later defected to the United States and named Pitts as a Soviet mole in the FBI during his debriefings.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev with Komsomol leaders and prominent Soviet youth representatives ( from Brezhnev to right-Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov | Dmitry Filippov, Evgeniy Tyazhelnikov, Suren Arutyuniyan, Boris Pastuhov, Gennady Yanayev ; at far left-Anatoly Karpov ), 1977

After a detailed and lengthy account by Karpov of Soviet psychiatric reforms in which he emphasized the specialities of the new mental health legislation and in particular the legal safeguards for patients, other panellists worked out on what they considered as positive aspects of the new developments.

Even Karpov employed it with success against Romanishin in a Soviet Team Championship.

Savon, though then only an International Master, finished well ahead of former world champions Mikhail Tal and Vasily Smyslov ( both scoring 13. 5 ), future world champion Anatoly Karpov ( 13 ), and a host of other strong grandmasters, including Leonid Stein ( 12 ); David Bronstein and Lev Polugaevsky ( both 11. 5 ); Mark Taimanov ( 11 ); and Efim Geller ( 9. 5 ).

For the first time in chess history there were two world champions, the FIDE world champion Karpov and the PCA world champion Kasparov.

" Karpov acknowledged that his understanding of chess theory was very confused at that time, and wrote later that the homework which Botvinnik assigned greatly helped him, since it required that he consult chess books and work diligently.

In 1992, Polgár tied for second behind Anatoly Karpov at the Madrid International in Linares.

The Japfa Classic in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, was a category XVI event of 10 players in which included Alexander Khalifman – at the time FIDE world champion – and Anatoly Karpov – his predecessor.

In November and December, Spassky finished the year by tying for sixth with Tal, scoring + 4 − 2 = 11, at the Alekhine Memorial in Moscow, which was won by Stein and Anatoly Karpov, the latter's first top-class success.

In his return to tournament play after the loss to Korchnoi, he tied for first at Bugojno 1978 on 10 / 15 with Karpov, both players scoring + 6-1 = 8 to finish a point ahead of Timman.

He won his preliminary group at Hamburg 1982 with 5½ / 6, but lost the final playoff match to Anatoly Karpov in extra games.

His best result during this period was clear first at Linares 1983 with 6½ / 10, ahead of Karpov and Ulf Andersson, who shared second.

Students at the gifted school have lunchboxes that feature images of the 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited and chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov.

Arguably Short's finest performance came at the Amsterdam VSB tournament in 1991 when he tied for first place with Valery Salov ahead of both Kasparov and Karpov.

In 1980 at the European Team Championship in Skara, he beat reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov with black, using the extremely unorthodox opening 1. e4 a6!

Miles beat Karpov again three years later in Bath in a game that was part of the BBC's Mastergame series, but it was only shown by the ( co-producing ) German television network, due to a BBC technicians ' strike at the time of broadcast.

In 1983, at the age of 62, he went through to the Candidates ' Final ( the match to determine who plays the champion, in that case Anatoly Karpov ), losing 8. 5 – 4. 5 at Vilnius 1984 to Garry Kasparov, who was 21 at the time, and who went on to beat Karpov to become world champion in 1985.

A winner at Amsterdam in 1971, he came third at The Alekhine Memorial ( Moscow ) the same year, after Karpov and Stein.

He finished third behind Romanishin and Tal at Leningrad in 1977, when all three eclipsed the efforts of then world champion Anatoly Karpov.

Among his best results in other important tournaments were: clear first at Iwonicz Zdroj 1957, equal first with Taimanov at Dresden 1959, equal first with Lajos Portisch at Beverwijk 1965, clear first at Kislovodsk 1966, clear first at Gothenburg 1967, clear first at Kislovodsk 1968, equal first with Mikhail Botvinnik at Wijk aan Zee 1969 ( ahead of Keres ), equal first at Havana 1971 with Vlastimil Hort, equal first at Hilversum 1973 with Laszlo Szabo, clear first at Budapest 1973 ahead of Anatoly Karpov, clear first at Teesside 1975, clear first at Moscow 1975 ( ahead of Boris Spassky, Viktor Korchnoi, and Petrosian ), clear first at Las Palmas 1976, equal first with Gennadi Sosonko at Wijk aan Zee 1977, clear first at Bogotá 1978, equal first at Bern 1987 with Daniel Campora, clear first at Dortmund ' A ' 1989, and equal first at New York Manhattan 1990 with Gregory Kaidanov, at age 65.

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (, Anatolij Evgen ' evič Karpov ; born May 23, 1951 ) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion.

In 1973 he failed to advance from the Leningrad Interzonal ; he tied for 5th – 6th places with 10 / 17, with Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi winning.

Efim Geller, Anatoly Karpov and Evgeni Vasiukov have all successfully used this system for White ; Zurab Azmaiparashvili has scored well as Black.

The same sacrificial pattern was echoed in a number of later games, notably Nimzowitsch – Tarrasch, St Petersburg 1914 ; Miles – Browne, Lucerne 1982 ; and Polgar – Karpov, Seventh Essent 2003.

She finished in the middle of the pack, tied for sixth – tenth position with Karpov, Topalov and Jeroen Piket and an even score of 6½ points in thirteen games.

Going into the last round four players, Polgár, Khalifman, Karpov and Gilberto Milos were tied, but Polgár won her game over Braziliam GM Milos while Khalifman and Karpov played against each other in a draw.

* Beat Judit Polgár 3-1 in a rapid match at age 16 years old in Bastia, tied Anatoly Karpov in a rapid match 3-3 at 17 years old.

Christiansen tied for first place with Anatoly Karpov at Linares 1981.

Amongst Chandler's best results have been Commonwealth Champion ( twice – jointly in 1984 and outright in 1987 ), first place at Brighton 1981, first place in the Blackpool Zonal of 1990, tie for first place, Lloyds Bank Masters 1979, tie for first place, Hastings Premier 1986 / 7, and tied for second place ( behind Anatoly Karpov ), London 1984.

Karpov was on record saying that he believed Spassky would easily beat him and win the Candidates ' cycle to face Fischer, and that he ( Karpov ) would win the following Candidates ' cycle in 1977.

Indeed, his record of sixteen wins ( including victories against Fischer, Bronstein, and Karpov ), no losses, and a few draws with the King's Gambit is unmatched.

Gligorić had the following record against the world champions he played against: Max Euwe + 2-0 = 5, Mikhail Botvinnik + 2 − 2 = 6, Vasily Smyslov + 6 − 8 = 28, Tigran Petrosian + 8 − 11 = 19, Mikhail Tal + 2 − 10 = 22, Boris Spassky + 0 − 6 = 16, Bobby Fischer + 4 − 7 = 8, Anatoly Karpov + 0 − 4 = 6 and Garry Kasparov + 0 − 3

Karpov defeated Lev Polugaevsky by the score of + 3 = 5 in the first Candidates ' match, earning the right to face former champion Boris Spassky in the semifinal round.

Spassky won the first game as Black in good style, but tenacious, aggressive play from Karpov secured him overall victory by + 4 − 1 = 6.

In game 19, Korchnoi succeeded in winning a long endgame, then notched a speedy victory after a blunder by Karpov two games later.

Three more draws, the last agreed by Karpov in a clearly better position, closed the match, as he thus prevailed + 3 − 2

* 1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.

In one of her games against Karpov, he blundered, allowing Polgár to utilize a famous, ancient sacrifice first employed by Emanuel Lasker against Bauer in 1889.

* December 31 – Russian Garry Kasparov holds his title by winning the World Chess Championship match against his countryman Anatoly Karpov.

In the 1974 Candidates ' matches, Spassky first defeated American Robert Byrne in San Juan, Puerto Rico by 4½ – 1½ (+ 3 − 0 = 3 ); he then lost the semifinal match to Anatoly Karpov in Leningrad, despite winning the first game, (+ 1 − 4

The four-game portion was won by Karpov 2½ – 1½ ( 1 win, 3 draws ), and the rapid-play portion also went to Karpov, 1½ – ½ ( 1 win, 1 draw ).< ref >

Although the protagonists were not intended to represent any specific individuals, the character of the American was loosely based on chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer, while elements of the story may have been inspired by the chess careers of Russian grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Anatoly Karpov.

Sir Nigel admits to sabotaging the KGB's British operation by leaking disinformation through Berenson to General Karpov, that they were closing in on their suspect.

Topalov has also been similarly denounced by numerous top players, including former World Champions Anatoly Karpov, Boris Spassky, and Viswanathan Anand, grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, former US Champions Lev Alburt and Yasser Seirawan, and others.

One subvariation, frequently played by Karpov, including four games of his 1987 world championship match against Kasparov in Seville, Spain, is the Seville Variation, after 6 ... Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7 +, long thought a poor move by theory, as the resultant light-square weakness had been believed to give Black more than enough compensation for the pawn.

Despite Tarrasch's criticism, many players consider 4. Ng5 White's best chance for an advantage and it has been played by World Champions Wilhelm Steinitz, Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, and Viswanathan Anand.

White can prevent this by 5. Nb5 d6, when 6. c4 leads to a version of the Maróczy Bind favoured by Karpov.