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Anatoly Karpov

1951 - Today

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Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов; born May 23, 1951) 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. Karpov played five matches against Kasparov for the title from 1984 to 1990 without ever defeating him in a match, later becoming FIDE World Champion once again after Kasparov broke away from FIDE in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anatoly Karpov has received more than 1,161,863 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Anatoly Karpov is the 11th most popular chess player, the 161st most popular biography from Russia and the 4th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Anatoly Karpov ranks 11 out of 376. Before him are Alexander Alekhine, José Raúl Capablanca, Mikhail Botvinnik, Emanuel Lasker, Tigran Petrosian, and Max Euwe. After him are Garry Kasparov, François-André Danican Philidor, Viktor Korchnoi, Vasily Smyslov, Adolf Anderssen, and Samuel Reshevsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Anatoly Karpov ranks 10. Before him are Sting, John Deacon, Geoffrey Rush, Michelle Bachelet, Louis van Gaal, and Kurt Russell. After him are Stellan Skarsgård, Mohamed Morsi, Santiago Calatrava, Bonnie Tyler, Romina Power, and Michael Keaton.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Anatoly Karpov ranks 161 out of 2,688. Before him are Alexei Rykov (1881), Sergei Diaghilev (1872), Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Alexei Kosygin (1904), and Genrikh Yagoda (1891). After him are Felix Steiner (1896), Gala Dalí (1894), Igor Tamm (1895), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), and Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Anatoly Karpov ranks 4. Before him are Boris Spassky (1937), Alexander Alekhine (1892), and Mikhail Botvinnik (1911). After him are Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Vasily Smyslov (1921), Vera Menchik (1906), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Andor Lilienthal (1911), Olga Rubtsova (1909), and Yuri Averbakh (1922).

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