Anatoly Karpov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

Date of Birth: 23-May-1951

Place of Birth: Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Profession: writer, politician, journalist, chess player, Pajer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: ?????´??? ????´?????? ??´????; born May 23, 1951) 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 five matches against Kasparov for the title from 1984 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, many consider Karpov one of the greatest players in history. His tournament successes include over 160 first-place finishes.
He had a peak Elo rating of 2780, and his 102 total months at world number one is the third longest of all time, behind Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov, since the inception of the FIDE ranking list in 1970.