Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Karpov Анатолий Карпов
Karpov in 2017
Country	Soviet Union (until 1991) Russia (since 1991)
Born	(1951-05-23) May 23, 1951 (age 72) Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1970)
World Champion	1975–1985 (undisputed) 1993–1999 (FIDE)
FIDE rating	2617 (May 2024)
Peak rating	2780 (July 1994)
Peak ranking	No. 1 (January 1976)
Member of the State Duma for Tyumen Oblast's Party List
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2011
Personal details
Political party	United Russia

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов, IPA: [ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf]; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, ⁣and politician. 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). The International Association of Chess Press awarded him nine Chess Oscars (1973–77, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984).

Karpov's chess tournament successes include over 160 first-place finishes.^[1] He had a peak Elo rating of 2780, and his 102 total months at world number one is the fourth-longest of all time, behind Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, and Emanuel Lasker.

Karpov is also an elected Member of the State Duma in Russia. Since 2006, he has chaired the Commission for Ecological Safety and Environmental Protection of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, and since 2007, he has been a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defence.^[2]