Anatoly Karpov
12th World Chess Champion · Soviet era · Russia · b. 1951
A hundred and sixty tournament wins, and a positional squeeze nobody escaped.
Career In The Collection
1286Games
307Wins
723Draws
256Losses
52%Score
1967–2022Active
Head-to-Head Records
1286 Games · Page 3 of 7
- 1998 vs Judit Polgar Black Budapest m 30' B17 1-0
- 1998 vs Judit Polgar White Budapest m 30' A70 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber-blind 7th D37 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber-rapid 7th D46 1-0
- 1998 vs Veselin Topalov White Amber-blind 7th A34 1-0
- 1998 vs Veselin Topalov Black Amber-rapid 7th D37 1-0
- 1998 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber-blind 7th D02 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber-rapid 7th B12 0-1
- 1998 vs Alexei Shirov Black Amber-blind 7th B17 1-0
- 1998 vs Alexei Shirov White Amber-rapid 7th E63 0-1
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber-rapid 7th B17 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber-blind 7th D46 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Hoogovens E04 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Judit Polgar White Hoogovens D77 1-0
- 1998 vs Veselin Topalov Black Hoogovens D31 1-0
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand White Hoogovens D55 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Jan Timman Black Hoogovens D42 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Michael Adams White Hoogovens Blitz E15 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Hoogovens Blitz A25 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Judit Polgar Black Hoogovens Blitz D42 0-1
- 1998 vs Alexei Shirov Black Hoogovens Blitz B17 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Jan Timman White Hoogovens Blitz A90 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Veselin Topalov White Hoogovens Blitz A80 1-0
- 1998 vs Boris Gelfand Black Hoogovens D37 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Michael Adams White Hoogovens A30 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand Black FIDE-Wch k.o. f 25' D00 0-1
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand Black FIDE-Wch k.o. f A45 1-0
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand Black FIDE-Wch k.o. f D42 0-1
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand White FIDE-Wch k.o. f D47 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand Black FIDE-Wch k.o. f C78 1-0
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand White FIDE-Wch k.o. f D48 1-0
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand White FIDE-Wch k.o. f D46 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand White FIDE-Wch k.o. f 25' A07 1-0
- 1998 vs Alexei Shirov White Hoogovens E63 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Credit Suisse E15 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Boris Gelfand White Credit Suisse D46 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand White Credit Suisse D46 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Boris Gelfand Black Credit Suisse A17 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Dortmund B17 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov White Dortmund D78 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Judit Polgar White Dortmund D24 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Dortmund A17 1-0
- 1997 vs Nigel Short Black Dos Hermanas B12 0-1
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand White Dos Hermanas D20 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov Black Dos Hermanas B17 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Alexei Shirov White Dos Hermanas E63 1-0
- 1997 vs Judit Polgar White Dos Hermanas E05 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Chess Classics E15 1-0
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber-rapid 6th D26 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand White Dortmund D20 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand White Chess Classics A29 1-0
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Chess Classics f E15 1-0
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Chess Classics f B17 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber-blind 6th E15 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand White Chess Classics f A29 0-1
- 1997 vs Boris Gelfand Black Dortmund E12 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Boris Gelfand White Dos Hermanas D46 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber-rapid 6th B17 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber-blind 6th D46 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Anatoly Karpov White Voronezh simul D00 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber-rapid 6th A17 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber-blind 6th D38 0-1
- 1997 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Dos Hermanas E32 1-0
- 1997 vs Alexei Shirov White Amber-rapid 6th E63 1-0
- 1997 vs Alexei Shirov Black Amber-blind 6th B12 0-1
- 1997 vs Nigel Short Black Dortmund E32 1-0
- 1997 vs Jan Timman Black Villarrobledo rapid op A46 0-1
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov White Chess Classics D46 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov Black Amber-blind 6th A29 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov Black Chess Classics A45 0-1
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov White Amber-rapid 6th E65 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Las Palmas D46 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Garry Kasparov Black Las Palmas E32 1-0
- 1996 vs Veselin Topalov White Las Palmas A70 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Las Palmas D21 1-0
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Las Palmas C10 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Garry Kasparov White Las Palmas D43 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Las Palmas A28 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Veselin Topalov Black Las Palmas D27 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Las Palmas E62 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Michael Adams Black Tilburg Fontys B12 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber-rapid 5th D47 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber-blind 5th B17 1-0
- 1996 vs Viswanathan Anand White Las Palmas E15 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Boris Gelfand Black Vienna Millenium E17 1-0
- 1996 vs Boris Gelfand White Tilburg Fontys E63 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber-blind 5th E66 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber-rapid 5th B17 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White FIDE-Wch E97 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White Amber-blind 5th E62 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White FIDE-Wch D97 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE-Wch E15 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE-Wch B14 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE-Wch B14 0-1
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black Amber-rapid 5th C10 0-1
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White FIDE-Wch A13 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE-Wch B17 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White FIDE-Wch A70 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White FIDE-Wch D97 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE-Wch E12 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE-Wch E15 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE-Wch B17 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White FIDE-Wch D45 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White FIDE-Wch E15 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White FIDE-Wch E15 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White FIDE-Wch D98 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE-Wch C43 0-1
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE-Wch E48 0-1
- 1996 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Vienna Millenium E12 1-0
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber-blind 5th E17 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber-rapid 5th D47 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Vienna Millenium D46 1-0
- 1996 vs Peter Leko Black Belgrade B17 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Peter Leko White Vienna Millenium D97 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Peter Leko White Tilburg Fontys D97 1-0
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar Black Amber-rapid 5th B17 1-0
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar Black Vienna Millenium D42 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar White Amber-blind 5th E69 1-0
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar Black Tilburg Fontys D42 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Lajos Portisch Black Biel SKA E12 0-1
- 1996 vs Alexei Shirov White Tilburg Fontys D10 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Alexei Shirov White Amber-blind 5th D30 0-1
- 1996 vs Alexei Shirov Black Amber-rapid 5th B12 0-1
- 1996 vs Alexei Shirov Black Vienna Millenium B12 0-1
- 1996 vs Peter Svidler Black Tilburg Fontys B17 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Veselin Topalov Black Vienna Millenium A17 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Michael Adams White Dos Hermanas E11 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Michael Adams White Groningen A17 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber-rapid 4th B17 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber-blind 4th D71 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand Black Candidats FIDE f1 B12 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand White Candidats FIDE f1 D79 1-0
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand White Candidats FIDE f1 D12 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand Black Candidats FIDE f1 B12 1-0
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand Black Candidats FIDE f1 A29 0-1
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand Black Candidats FIDE f1 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand White Dos Hermanas D12 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand White Candidats FIDE f1 D73 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand White Candidats FIDE f1 A59 1-0
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand Black Candidats FIDE f1 E14 0-1
- 1995 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Linares A81 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Dortmund B17 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber-blind 4th B17 1-0
- 1995 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber-rapid 4th E19 1-0
- 1995 vs Gata Kamsky Black Dos Hermanas B12 1-0
- 1995 vs Gata Kamsky Black Groningen B12 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Gata Kamsky Black Amber-rapid 4th E12 0-1
- 1995 vs Gata Kamsky White Amber-blind 4th E69 1-0
- 1995 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber-blind 4th D19 0-1
- 1995 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber-rapid 4th A17 0-1
- 1995 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Dortmund D47 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Peter Leko Black Dortmund B17 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Amber-rapid 4th E35 1-0
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar Black Alma-Ata m3 B13 0-1
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Alma-Ata m3 A59 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Alma-Ata m3 A25 0-1
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Alma-Ata m3 E95 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar Black Alma-Ata m3 B17 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar Black Alma-Ata m3 E54 0-1
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Alma-Ata m3 E68 0-1
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar Black Amber-blind 4th E54 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Dos Hermanas E62 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Alexei Shirov Black Amber-rapid 4th E12 0-1
- 1995 vs Alexei Shirov White Amber-blind 4th D30 1-0
- 1995 vs Alexei Shirov Black Dos Hermanas C22 0-1
- 1995 vs Alexei Shirov White Linares B08 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Nigel Short White Linares D27 1-0
- 1995 vs Nigel Short White Dortmund D15 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Peter Svidler White Groningen D02 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Veselin Topalov White Varna rap m E89 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Veselin Topalov White Varna rap m E89 1-0
- 1995 vs Veselin Topalov Black Linares D42 0-1
- 1995 vs Veselin Topalov Black Varna rap m B17 1-0
- 1995 vs Veselin Topalov White Varna rap m A31 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Veselin Topalov Black Varna rap m B17 0-1
- 1995 vs Veselin Topalov Black Varna rap m B12 1-0
- 1994 vs Michael Adams Black Dortmund B17 1-0
- 1994 vs Michael Adams Black Las Palmas A45 0-1
- 1994 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber-rapid 3rd D48 0-1
- 1994 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Linares B17 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Buenos Aires Sicilian B49 1-0
- 1994 vs Viswanathan Anand White Buenos Aires Sicilian B92 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber-blind 3rd B17 0-1
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand White Cap d'Agde A48 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand White Dos Hermanas E62 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand White Cap d'Agde A48 0-1
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand Black Cap d'Agde B66 0-1
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand Black Cap d'Agde B51 1-0
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand Black Cap d'Agde B58 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand White Cap d'Agde A48 0-1
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand Black Linares E54 0-1
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber-rapid 3rd B17 0-1
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Linares E15 0-1
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber-blind 3rd A32 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Buenos Aires Sicilian B91 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Buenos Aires Sicilian B85 0-1
- 1994 vs Gata Kamsky Black Buenos Aires Sicilian B49 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Gata Kamsky White Buenos Aires Sicilian B65 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Gata Kamsky White Amber-blind 3rd E69 0-1
- 1994 vs Gata Kamsky White Las Palmas D48 1/2-1/2
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