Anatoly Karpov net worth
Anatoly Karpov Net Worth: Anatoly Karpov is a retired Russian chess player with a net worth of $5 million. Born in Zlatust, Soviet Union in May 1951 (still intact at the time), Karpov is known as a chess grandmaster and world chess champion.
From 1975 to 1985, he won the chess world championship for 10 consecutive years, and was finally defeated by Garry Kasparov. However, Karpov then defeated Kasparov in 1993 and won the championship when he resigned in 1999. Due to his efforts, he is considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Karpov started playing chess when he was 4 years old and became a candidate grandmaster at 11. Started chess school at age 12 and at age 15 tied the record for the youngest Soviet state grandmaster. Becoming the character of “The Anaconda,” one of his biggest inspirations, has been what Jose Raul Capablanca has done throughout his career. Although he has retired from professional racing, Karpov still maintains a number of hobbies, including stamp collecting. In addition, he has a collection of chess stamps that combines his stamp hobby and has a library of over 9,000 chess books.
