Anatoly Karpov The Twelfth World Chess Champion Editorial Photo

Anatoly Karpov is a Soviet and Russian chess player, the twelfth world chess champion 1975-1985, international grandmaster 1970, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR 1974. The three-time world chess champion among men 1975, 1978, 1981, three-time FIDE world champion 1993, 1996, 1998, two-time world champion in the USSR national team 1985 and 1989, six-time winner of the chess Olympiads in the USSR national team 1972 , 1974, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, three-time champion of the USSR 1976, 1983, 1988, champion of the RSFSR 1970. He is the owner of nine chess `Oscars` 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984. One of the most famous philatelists within the CIS. The cost of his collection of brands, according to some estimates, is at least 13 million euros. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the sixth convocation from the faction `United Russia`, a member of the Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Environmental Management and Ecology.