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Anatoly Karpov

1951 - Today

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Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов, IPA: [ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf]; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, ⁣and politician. He was the 12th World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985, a three-time FIDE World Champion (1993, 1996, 1998), twice World Chess champion as a member of the USSR team (1985, 1989), and a six-time winner of Chess Olympiads as a member of the USSR team (1972, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anatoly Karpov has received more than 2,828,526 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Anatoly Karpov is the 9th most popular chess player (up from 13th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Russia (up from 175th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Chess Player.

Anatoly Karpov is most famous for being the world chess champion from 1975 to 1985.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Anatoly Karpov ranks 9 out of 461. Before him are José Raúl Capablanca, Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Boris Spassky, Emanuel Lasker, and Mikhail Botvinnik. After him are Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, Garry Kasparov, Vasily Smyslov, François-André Danican Philidor, and Adolf Anderssen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Anatoly Karpov ranks 9. Before him are Ilona Staller, Louis van Gaal, Sting, Santiago Calatrava, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Phil Collins. After him are Mohamed Morsi, Stellan Skarsgård, John Deacon, Romina Power, Geoffrey Rush, and Claudio Ranieri.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Anatoly Karpov ranks 127 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Chuikov (1900), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), False Dmitry I (1581), Joseph Brodsky (1940), Mikhail Lermontov (1814), and Mikhail Botvinnik (1911). After him are Vasili IV of Russia (1552), Vasili III of Russia (1479), Nikolai Yezhov (1895), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Valery Legasov (1936), and Alexei Rykov (1881).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Anatoly Karpov ranks 4. Before him are Alexander Alekhine (1892), Boris Spassky (1937), and Mikhail Botvinnik (1911). After him are Vasily Smyslov (1921), Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Vera Menchik (1906), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Andor Lilienthal (1911), and Alexander Kotov (1913).

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