(Life and Chess. My Autogiography). Autobiography of Anatoly Karpov, 1951, world champion in 1975-1985, 1993-1999. The book is without games. Translation of the text from the cover: How to succeed? How to survive in the world of backstabbing and sly intrigue? How not to lose yourself, combining for a long time hypostasis of a great athlete, statesman, the world famous philatelist, President of the Peace Foundation, a member of the State Duma and the head of a huge number of chess clubs and schools?...
Life in the Soviet Union and modern Russia, travel around the world and impressions of favorite cities and countries, entertaining stories about acquaintances with great actors, artists, musicians, athletes and politicians - this is of what the great chess player tells. For the first time the full story of the rivalry with Korchnoi and Kasparov and the harsh truth about the struggle with Ilyumzhinov for the FIDE presidency are revealed. 3 pictures
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