Reports | September 09, 2011 23:41

Karpov goes politics, to enter Russian parliament

It was briefly mentioned in a press release from Saint Louis, and today the confirmation came: Anatoly Karpov is going politics. WhyChess quotes a number of Russian language sources that brought the news today: The 12th World Chess Champion is

running to stand for election to the Russian parliament, where he would represent Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party.

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James Maskell

1 year 8 months ago

Not another Karpov-Kasparov match...

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noyb

1 year 8 months ago

Gotta know Garry Kimovich has a frown on his face after hearing that...

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Duncan

1 year 8 months ago

Am dying to hear what Garry has to say about this? Surely not another u-turn with Karpov becoming his new enemy!

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mishanp

1 year 8 months ago

To be fair, they made it perfectly clear during the FIDE elections that they didn't agree with each other politically.

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anonymous

1 year 8 months ago

Karpov usually plays it conservatively - both at the chess board and in politics. During Soviet times he was quite comfortable with the ruling elite and now that he has decided to go into politics - of course he is going to align himself with Putin.

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anastasia

1 year 8 months ago

its a bigger strategy - let's get the enemy from withing.

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anastasia

1 year 8 months ago

typo - within i meant

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Nitin

1 year 8 months ago

Karpov is steadily preparing breakthrough in the center!.

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