1951 - Today
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, IPA: [ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf]; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, and politician. Widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time, 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 2,604,941 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia. Anatoly Karpov is the 13th most popular chess player (down from 11th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Russia (down from 160th 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, Anatoly Karpov ranks 13 out of 374. Before him are Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Nona Gaprindashvili, Max Euwe, Tigran Petrosian, and Garry Kasparov. After him are François-André Danican Philidor, Paul Morphy, Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Adolf Anderssen, and Paul Keres.
1868 - 1941
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 8
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 9
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 10
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 12
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 13
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 14
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 15
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 16
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 17
1818 - 1879
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 18
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 19
Among people born in 1951, Anatoly Karpov ranks 16. Before him are Santiago Calatrava, Stellan Skarsgård, Mohamed Morsi, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bonnie Tyler, and Romina Power. After him are Akhmad Kadyrov, Aslan Maskhadov, Michael Keaton, Claudio Ranieri, Tommy Hilfiger, and Juan Manuel Santos.
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 11
1951 - 2019
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 12
1951 - 2022
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 13
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 14
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 15
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 16
1951 - 2004
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 17
1951 - 2005
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 18
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 19
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 20
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 21
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 22
Among people born in Russia, Anatoly Karpov ranks 175 out of 3,262. Before him are Pavel Cherenkov (1904), Käthe Kollwitz (1867), Sergei Diaghilev (1872), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095), and Marina Tsvetaeva (1892). After him are Alexander Friedmann (1888), Nicholas Roerich (1874), Vladimir Propp (1895), Seraphim of Sarov (1754), Nikolai Vatutin (1901), and Igor Tamm (1895).
1904 - 1990
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 169
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 170
1872 - 1929
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 171
1886 - 1971
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 172
1095 - 1157
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 173
1892 - 1941
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 174
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 175
1888 - 1925
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 176
1874 - 1947
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 177
1895 - 1970
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 178
1754 - 1833
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 179
1901 - 1944
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 180
1895 - 1971
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 181
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), Vera Menchik (1906), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Andor Lilienthal (1911), and Elisaveta Bykova (1913).
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 2
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 4
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 5
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 6
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 7
1887 - 1956
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 8
1850 - 1908
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 9
1922 - 2022
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 10
1911 - 2010
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 11
1913 - 1989
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 12