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  2. Vladimir Karpov - Wikipedia

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    Vladimir Vasilyevich Karpov (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Карпов; 28 July 1922 – 18 January 2010) was a Soviet soldier, writer of historical novels and public figure. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery in World War II. Karpov was born in Orenburg, and moved to Tashkent as a child.

  3. List of FIDE chess world number ones - Wikipedia

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    He would dominate for 22 years from 1984 until his retirement from professional chess on 10 March 2005, with three brief interruptions: Anatoly Karpov briefly held the world number one ranking again in July 1985, as well as during 1994 when FIDE excluded Kasparov from the list; and the fourth world number one, Vladimir Kramnik, briefly held the ...

  4. List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (K) - Wikipedia

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    Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1987). Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь [Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian).

  5. Comparison of top chess players throughout history - Wikipedia

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    Though published in 1978, Elo's list did not include five-year averages for later players Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov. It did list January 1978 ratings of 2780 for Fischer and 2725 for Karpov. [2] In 1970, FIDE adopted Elo's system for rating current players, so one way to compare players of different eras is to compare their Elo ratings ...

  6. List of Russian-language novelists - Wikipedia

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    B Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Isaak Babel (1894–1940) Red Cavalry The Odessa Tales Red Cavalry poster, 1919 Red Cavalry poster, 1920 Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009) The Foothold Forever Nineteen South of the Main Offensive Natalya Baranskaya (1908–2004) A Week Like Any Other Pavel Bazhov (1879–1950) The Malachite Box Commemorative coin featuring Bazhov Bazhov ...

  7. Vladimir Karpov (politician) - Wikipedia

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    Vladimir Karpov was born on 27 October 1948 in the village of Turovskaya , Arkhangelsk Oblast, in what was then the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. He graduated from the Leningrad Financial and Credit College and the Moscow Financial and Economic Institute .

  8. FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 - Wikipedia

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    Vladimir Kramnik: 1½: 33 Sergei Tiviakov: ½ 33 Sergei Tiviakov: 4½: 69 Dmitry Gurevich: 3½ 1 Vladimir Kramnik: 1½: 17 Viktor Korchnoi: ½ 17 Viktor Korchnoi: 4: 49 Sergey Dolmatov: 2 49 Sergey Dolmatov: 2½: 85 Pavel Kotsur: 1½ 1 Vladimir Kramnik: 3: 9 Veselin Topalov: 1 9 Veselin Topalov: 4: 41 Ruslan Ponomariov: 2 41 Ruslan Ponomariov ...

  9. Garry Kasparov - Wikipedia

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    A long, tense game ensued, in which Karpov blundered away a pawn just before the first time control. Kasparov then won a long ending to retain the title on a 12–12 scoreline. [62] Kasparov and Karpov met for a fifth time, on this occasion in New York City and Lyon in 1990, with each city hosting 12 games. Again, the result was a close one ...