Anatoly Karpov
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Andrew Paulson, who has won the world championship media and marketing rights for the next 10 years, has big plans
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Don't look for a dazzling combination, you won't find one: the Russian master finds a typically subtle route to victory
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The latest nomination for chess book of the year studies the Russian master's relentless positional play
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Kasparov's third book on his chess battles with Karpov reveals much about this clash of titans
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The Fide presidential election could produce a bitter fight between the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the challengers Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov
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Ex-champion stands for president of Fide against Moscow-backed candidate who claims to have encountered aliens
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Rivals who played out epic battle in Moscow in 1984 get together in Valencia for rematch
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Legends prepare for historic rematch 25 years after encounter that was called to a halt without a winner
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Former champions to meet on the 25th anniversary of their first world title match
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Victor Korchnoi is still performing well even as he approaches his 79th birthday
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Ghaem Maghami-Karpov, Tehran 2009. White to play
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Four titles made it to our chess book of the year shortlist ...
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Bobby Fischer was 23 when he became world No2 behind Boris Spassky. Garry Kasparov was 19 when Fide ranked him second to Anatoly Karpov. Last weekend Norway's wunderkind Magnus Carlsen (17) eclipsed the immortal pair
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The Observer's Jonathan Speelman reports on the Anatoly Karpov tournament from Siberia.
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Kasparov-Karpov
World Championship 1990
Game 20, White to move
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Nigel Short: Garry Kasparov popped out of retirement to partner Analtoly Karpov to victory in the Credit Suisse blitz.
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Stephen Moss and Nigel Short: Dr Short and I are looking at a game Anatoly Karpov played against Robert Hübner in Montreal in 1979.
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Nigel Short: In delightful synchronism, the fifth and latest volume of My Great Predecessors by Garry Kasparov was hand-delivered to the table just as I was attempting to explain the subtleties of Anatoly Karpov's play to my protege - the middle-aged rookie, Stephen Moss.
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Chess history may well decide that Anatoly Karpov was an underrated champion, argues Leonard Barden.
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