Anatoly Karpov

About Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, PhD 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.

Anatoly Karpov Achievements

Honours and awards:

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (2001) - for outstanding contribution to the implementation of charitable programmes, the strengthening of peace and friendship between the peoples
  
• Order of Friendship (2011) - for his great contribution to strengthening peace and friendship between peoples and productive social activities
  
• Order of Lenin (1981)
  
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1978)
  
• Order of Merit, 2nd class (Ukraine) (13 November 2006) - for his contribution to the victims of the Chernobyl disaster
  
• Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, 2nd class (1996)
  
• Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 2nd class (2001)
  
• Medal "For outstanding contribution to the Collector business in Russia"
  
• Honorary member of the Soviet Philately Society (1979)
  
• Diploma of the State Duma of the Russian Federation ? 1
  
• Order "For outstanding achievements in sport" (Republic of Cuba)
  
• Medal of Tsiolkovsky Cosmonautics Federation of Russia
  
• Medal "For Strengthening the penal system", 1st and 2nd class
  
• Breastplate of the 1st degree of the Interior Ministry
  
• International Association of Chess Press, 9 times voted the best chess player of the year and awarded the "Chess Oscar"
  
• Order of Saint Nestor the Chronicler, 1st class
  
• Asteroid 90414 Karpov is named after Anatoly Karpov.
  
• Karpov International Chess Tournament, an annual round-robin tournament held in his honour in Poikovsky, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia since 2000