K is for Karpov! - Jimmy Adams.pdf

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by.Iimmy
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Nare: lnatoly
Evgergrevich
I$RP0V
BorD!
May
ZJrd
19J1
Place
of
Blrth!
Zlstouat
(Uratr)
Helght:
5'
7+u
Wei6htr
120
Ibs
Colour
of
Hair:
Broffr
Colour
of
Eyes
I
Green
U.S.S.R.
Oocupation:
Student
(Econodca )
Interestg:
Staup
Collectlagl
Claseicel
llwiol
Theatre,
LLteraturd,
Poctry,
Skl-1n6,
SrlnniJtg,
Table Tennls
ancl
Bailuintoa.
Missl.on:
To
bring
beck
to
Rusgia
the worlil
chess chanpionahip
title -
forcibg
exported by
Uniteil
Statea
Orancloaster,
Bobby
Flscher,
b
1972.
References:
doeanrt
rurilersta^nd arSrthj.rrg
about
cheasl
ltgg+j
Gnfeld
'tIhio
11tt1e
boy
riLl
never be
a
grandnaater, he
is
too
thirrt
[1g681
Furnan
rNature
rIld
not
entlow
Anato\r
lGrpov
rith
s
gigantio
freue
r
but
it
conferr€d
upon
hlE a
rare
chesa
telent
anrl
otreD6th
of
ril1
antl
elso
Eoalesty
anfl
e love
of
hard
rork.,....The
natural feeture
of
Xarpwro
ohcss
talent
ilell6hteil
ne; a
fLne
positlonal
Bensc.
That
ls
a speolel
itltultlon
rhlch
elnays characterigeil
tbe
great
chesspLayerB.
I
aleo
pald
attention
to
Karpov
t
r
Besterly
conduct
of
endgenes
anil
overell
accirracy
of
teohniqrle
i
Lega)
Spassl
rtl
au cqnvinoeil
that
l(arpov
rlLI
repeet
4r
.uco.sa
of
1,15
yearc
ago
and becone
Junlor
World Chanpiontr
L1969)
Gips-liP
nKarpov
possesses
a very
orlginal
and
subtle
chess
style
and
it
wouId.
be
cliff,icult to
naue
hls
chess
predecesooro That
ie
always
tlre
sittrl
BotvinnS*
trHe
of
a greet
talentr
Ltgtt)
first tlneil
L1972)
Fisgher
ffKarpov
has
d.one
little
outsid,e
the Soviet
Union
and.
not
all
that
nuch
inside...
o..though
I
have
no wish
to
dispara6e
hj-u
as
a
playertr llgtZ)
legrPra
gard""
tfKarpov
is
the
nost pronising Soylet
player
siace
Spasslgr
and
TaI
irt
the niddle
fjftl-es
and
provides
a
needed
boost
to
the
saggfua
middle
aged
inage
of
Russian
chess.
I feel that
a
Karpoy
y
Fisctrer
rorld iftte
natch
i-s
a
distinct possibllity in
a
few
years
tiner
Petfosh+n
nKarpov
plays we1l,
bu!
to
become
the
world
title
challenger
one
trust
get the
PecesPary
resuItso....."j.t is
very
difficrrlt for
arprone
the
-2-
Experience
&
Quallflcatlong
:
1955
Karpov
19^6
learned
the
moves
of
chess
frcn hig
father.
Despite
having no
chess
lessonse
Anato\r
nade
*l'
fast
progr€ss
at
the
game!
DvA
Got
his
19:t9
thircl
category
rating.
Then
the
second.
category
ratinS.
196o
t'low
tfre
1961
first
category
rati-ngt
outstarrdi-rrg
results
Had
partcularly
in
the
All-Russian
Master.
Schoolboy
Championshlps.
Qualifiecl
for
the
1963
1962
title
of
Candiclate
Up
to
this
time
Anato)y had reade
all ln allr
two
chess manuals,
the
titles
of
which
he i-s
unable
to
remeriber!
But
aow
he becare
enthused
over a
book
of
Capablancafs Selectecl
Ganes
and
this
was
to
have
a
vely signlficant
bearlng
on
his
future
chess
sty1e.
.t96!
ftavlng
distinguished
himself
in
chess tournaments
j-n
the
Russian Fe<lerationr
Karpov
was
enrollecl
into
the
correspondence chess
school
of the
f
Tnrd
Sports
Societyr.
rt0ur group
included,
by
the
wey.t
the
present
Graniknaster
Yurl
Balashov and Master
Yuri
Razuvo€vo
The
school
was heacbd
by
Mikhall
Botvlnnlk.
We
would
spend
our
school
holidays
1n
Mogcolre
where
Botvirunilc
taught
us
o
After
that
he
gave assignments
to
each one
of
us
and.
our
furttrer
contacts
were
limlted
to
correspondence.
Though
the
school
did
not
last
longe
what
I
learnecl
fron
Botvinnik
was
a
serious
approach
to
chesstr
Xarpov continued
to
compete
in
jr:riior
and schoolboy tournaments and
1t
wes
ln
this
year
that
he
had
his fir"st
game
published
il
the natlonal
Soviet
Chess
1955
Bu]letin
!
1966
respected
veterans
as
Ravinelqr and
Chlstiakov.
This
year
also
witnessed Karpovrs
international, debutc This
came
about
j.n
z'ather
curlous
circunstances.
Froro
Czechoslovakia
an
i.nvitatlon
was
sent to
the
Soviet
Chese
Federation:
the
choice
fe11
on
Karpov.
But
when
he amived
lt
turned
out
that
an
error
had been
rnade
-
the
tourrrament
was
not
for
jtutioz's
but for
ad.ults
!
fhere
was
no
alternative
but to
irrclude
the yowrgster
in
the
tournamento
The
result
was
a sensation:
Karpov_
took
f
irst
place
wittrout
losi.ng
a
single
game:
Karpov
11;
Kupka
&
Kupreychjlc
*i
Smejkal
gi;
Novak
&
Slkora
8;
Augustin
7L
etco
Af
on:V
1l
yeara
of
age Karpov
became
the
youngest Master
in
the Soviet
Union
by
winnin6
a
f
Candidates
v
Mastergr
tournament
in
Lenl-ngrade ahead
of
such
-j-
Selectl,on
fourratr€nt,
IGrpov
only
flnlshed
half-wa]
r
but
that
wae
by
no
treaag
a
failure
a8
th€
]oaclln6
playera 1lke
Balashon,
k.p*ychlk
and
rlnoshenko
rere
older
aad
nuclr'
tror€
e:cperGnced,,
At
the
end.
of
the
year lhrpov
hact
hts
flrat
exorrslon
to
tJre
West and
soored
a
Sreat
rictory
ln
the
Bruopean
Jrrnior
Chauplmshlp,
held
ia
Hol1aad.
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Btront
Jrurior
1967
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the
SovLet
Unlou
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a
Jrrnior
boarll
t-n
the
enntral
[ISSR-Jugoolavie
uatohe
Karpw rao aost inprcssiye.
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Broastein-Ivkov
Ho1taou'Uattrlovic
Saoharov-Ostojic
PlatonoFMtal.c
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GurgeaLdze-Nlko}[c
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Al'erandrla-Zlvkovlc
Konopleva-Belaaario
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A
few
weeks
later
ln
a junior
uatoh
USSR-Scaadinavl.al Karpov
rasalt
so succesoful,
being
clefeeteA
i-n
iii"
1100
1#
sQrle
by
tho
young
Deaigti
star,
brilliant
Jacobgen"
,Ol
Jugoslavie
17*
yorrng
At
the
end
of
the
yeare
i-a
Bigae
Karlrcv
played
ill
tlre Soviet
Tean
Chenpioaahl,p
on
the Jrnlor
boarcl
for
ttre
Atmed.
Borceg. Hia
trerendous
score
of
I
O/tt
diat
not
go
unnoticetl
antl
tralaere
GranC'nagter
Fuman,
took
aa
inrediate
llterrcst
in
Karpovrs
futnre
chess
welfere:
srith
the
foundl.nt
of
l(arAorr-Furnan
Incozporated
&atolJr
was
to
go
finon
atrengttr
to
strength.
Universier
BatJ'nkove
P
Sukhanov
4*
But
tn
the
neaownile
AnatoJgr
urao
acbLerrlng
ercellent
acadenic
regtrlts
at
school
_aad
was
presented.
ritJr
e
golct
petlal before h1s
grad,rration
to
the
Moscow
State
Unlvergitx.
etud,ies
,
he
forrncl
tire
to
wln
the
loss);
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&
cik
9;
repeit'trn
7;
Egtrin
5*; git,er
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