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Anatoly Karpov
12th World Chess Champion
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Karpov, Anatoly   [Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov]

Born:
1951-May-23; Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk, USSR

Career Highlights:

1969
World Junior Champion
1976, 1983, 1988
USSR Champion (3 times)
1975-1985
World Champion
1974
Candidates final match vs. Korchnoi (+3-2=19); Moscow
1975
Title match vs. Fischer (+0-0=0); Karpov won by forfeit
1978
Title match vs. Korchnoi (+6-5=21); Baguio City
1981
Title match vs. Korchnoi (+6-2=10); Meran
1984-85
Title match vs. Kasparov (+5-3=40); Moscow (KK-I, annulled)
1985
Title match vs. Kasparov (+3-5=16); Moscow (KK-II)
1986
Title match vs. Kasparov (+4-5=15); London/Leningrad (KK-III)
1987
Candidates final match vs. Sokolov (+4-0=7); Linares
1987
Title match vs. Kasparov (+4-4=16); Seville (KK-IV)
1990
Candidates final match vs. Timman (+4-0=5); Kuala Lumpur
1990
Title match vs. Kasparov (+3-4=17); New York/Lyon (KK-V)
1993-1999
World Champion (FIDE)
1993
Title match vs. Timman (+6-2=13); Netherlands/Indonesia (FIDE)
1995
Candidates final match vs. Gelfand (+4-1=4); Sanghi Nagar (FIDE)
1996
Title match vs. Kamsky (+6-3=9); Elista (FIDE)
1998
KO final for title vs. Anand (+2-2=2); Lausanne (FIDE); Karpov won +2-0=0 in rapidplay tiebreak

Non-title Tournaments:

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Famous Chess Tournaments
1971
Moscow (1st-2nd)
1975
Milano (1st-2nd)
1977
Tilburg (1st)
1978
Bugojno (1st-2nd)
1979
Montreal (1st-2nd)
1979
Tilburg (1st)
1980
Amsterdam (1st)
1980
Bad Kissingen (1st)
1980
Bugojno (1st)
1980
Tilburg (1st)
1981
Moscow (1st)
1981
Linares (1st-2nd)
1982
Torino (1st-2nd)
1982
London (1st-2nd)
1982
Tilburg (1st)
1983
Tilburg (1st)
1984
London (1st)
1985
Amsterdam (1st)
1986
Bugojno (1st)
1988
Brussels (1st)
1989
Skelleftea (1st-2nd)
1991
Reykjavik (1st-2nd)
1991
Reggio Emilia Top16 (1st)
1992
Biel (1st)
1993
Dortmund (1st)
1994
Linares (1st)
1995
Dos Hermanas (1st-3rd)
1996
Vienna (1st-3rd)

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