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Anatoly Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and the twelfth World Chess Champion. Karpov's "boa constrictor" playing style is solidly positional, taking minimal risks but reacting mercilessly to the slightest error by his opponent.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Ruy Lopez
04:06 Nimzo-Indian
08:27 Queens Indian
14:40 English
18:47 Anti Nimzo
23:34 Caro-Kann
27:19 Queen's Gambit

Game 1: Anatoly Karpov vs Mitos Pasxalidis, Rethymno ?
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d5 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. dxc6 bxa4 9. Nc3 Bh5 10. Bg5 Qb8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. c4 Kd8 14. Qd3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxb2 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qxg7 1-0

Game 2: Pedro Hostalet vs Anatoly Karpov, Juniors European championship 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Qc2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nc6 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Ne2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Be3 Ne4 13. Qb3 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. f3 dxe3 17. fxe4 Qd2 18. Be2 Bg4 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Qd1 Rc1 21. Qxc1 Bxe2+ 22. Kg1 Bf3 0-1

Game 3: Loek van Wely (2629) vs Anatoly Karpov (2700), Monaco 1999
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Nf6 15. Re3 Bb7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc7 19. Qf3 Rac8 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxe5 23. Qb7 Re8 24. Qxa7 Bc5 25. Rd8 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ng4+ 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kg2 Qe2+ 30. Kh3 Nf2+ 0-1

Game 4: Anatoly Karpov vs Stuebing, St Martin ?
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 d6 6. g4 Ng7 7. Bg2 dxe5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 h5 10. h3 a6 11. f4 hxg4 12. hxg4 Rxh1 13. Bxh1 Nc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be3 a5 17. Nf3 Ba6 18. b3 Kd7 19. Ke2 Rh8 20. Bc5 Bc8 21. Rd1+ Ke8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 1-0

Game 5: Anatoly Karpov (2745) vs Eric Lobron (2540), Walldorf 1997
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. b3 Qe8 12. Bb2 e5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nh4 Bc7 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. b4 Nd5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Bb6 19. Nxe4 Nf4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qg5 Bxc5 23. Bxe5 Rd7 24. Qh6# 1-0

Game 6: Alexander Ivanov (2606) vs Anatoly Karpov (2715), Moscow 1992
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Ngf3 Rfc8 15. g4 Be7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Bb5 18. Bf4 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nfd5 20. Rf3 Nxf4 0-1

Game 7: Anatoly Karpov (2623) vs Marie Sebag (2482), Karpov Trophy Rapid, October 24, 2014
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. g3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rb1 b6 15. Kf2 c5 16. Bf4 e5 17. dxe5 g5 18. e6 gxf4 19. exd7+ Kf8 20. Qd5 fxg3+ 21. Kg2 Bd8 22. Bc4 1-0

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