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Monday, May 23, 2011

The Legendary 12th World Chess Champion GM\Anatoly Karpov Celebrates His Birthday !

 Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов Anatolij Evgen'evič Karpov; May 23, 1951 ) is a Soviet / 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 three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 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, Karpov is considered one of the greatest players of all time.His tournament successes include over 160 first-place finishes. He had a peak Elo rating of 2780, and his 90 total months at world number one is second all time behind only Garry Kasparov since the inception of the FIDE ranking list in 1971.Since 2005, he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia. He has recently involved himself in several humanitarian causes, such as advocating the use of iodised salt...(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov).
The legendary 12th World Chess Champion visited SCCA (Smouha Club Chess Academy) on the 4th of July 2010 during his campaign for the Presidency of the Fide (http://medhatmoheb.blogspot.com/2010/07/full-illustrated-report-about.html)
GM\Karpov has a charismatic type of personality : modest , sincere,kind person ; a real gentleman who has the ethics of a real hero and a World Champion who has millions of fans and admirers all over the world. 
I wish you a very Happy Birthday World Chess Champion !

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