Anatoliy Karpov – 12th world champion (1975-1985), FIDE world champion (1993-1998). He won more than 100 international tournaments, he is three times USSR champion, repeated winner of the World chess Olympiads.  Anatoliy Karpov will give display of multi-board chess-play at the IV World Blitz Chess Championship.

Anatoliy Karpov is very famous person, he is well-known even to people, who don’t interested in chess. It’s hard to remember all his titles even to expired chess specialist.  He learned to play chess at the age of four. He has been an excellent student throughout his life. His early rise in chess was swift, as he was a Candidate Master by age 11. At age 12, he was accepted into Mikhail Botvinnik's prestigious chess school. He became international grand-master in 1970. The early 1970s showed a big improvement in his game. He won the 1971 Alekhine Memorial tournament ahead of a star-filled field, for his first significant adult victory. He came in 2nd in the USSR Chess Championship, and placed first in the Leningrad Interzonal Tournament in 1973. The latter qualified him for the 1974 Candidates' Tournament, which determined who was allowed to challenge the reigning World Champion, Bobby Fischer.
Though the world championship match between Karpov and Fischer was highly anticipated, the match never came about. Fischer insisted that the match be the first to ten wins (draws not counting), but that the champion would retain the crown if the score was tied 9—9. The sticking point was the 9—9 clause, which was widely seen as unfair on Karpov. FIDE, the International Chess Federation, refused to allow this condition, and so Fischer resigned his crown, to the huge disappointment of the chess world. Karpov later attempted to set up another match with Fischer, but all the negotiations fell through. This thrust the young Karpov into the role of World Champion without having defeated the reigning champion.
Karpov beat Victor Korchnoi, Garry Kasparov, Ian Timman, Gata Kamsky, Vishvanatan Anand. Karpov is the author of numerous chess books, which was edited in different countries and in different languages – in Russian, English, French, German, Spanish and others.
Karpov is not only great champion, but active social-politic figure. He was the chairman of Soviet fund of Peace, member of CK LYCLSU, chief editor of magazine “64 – chess review”. Now he is plenipotentiary of UNESCO, good will ambassador of UNISEF in European countries and Russia, member of several charitable funds and organizations.
Also Anatoliy Karpov is known as stamp collector. His stamp collection is one of the best in the world.
Famous chess-player had been in Kazakhstan many times. He organized popular children tournament “Karpov’s cup” in Almaty.