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Anatoly Karpov Quotes
To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.
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| Birth: | 23rd May, 1951 |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Profession: | Chess Player |
About
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov was born at Zlatoust in the Urals region of the former Soviet Union. He is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once again after Kasparov broke away from FIDE in 1993. He held the title until 1999, when he resigned his title in protest against FIDE's new world championship rules. For his decades-long standing among the world's elite, Karpov is considered by many to be one of the greatest players of all time. He had a peak Elo rating of 2780, and his 90 total months at world number one is second all-time behind only Garry Kasparov since the inception of the FIDE ranking list in 1970. He has recently involved himself in several humanitarian causes, such as advocating the use of iodised salt. On December 17, 2012, Karpov supported[4] the law in the Russian Parliament banning adoption of Russian orphans by citizens of the US.
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