The Queen's Gambit and the English Opening featured strongly in the recent series of World Title Matches between Karpov and Kasporov. In this book, Karpov uses complete games by leading Grandmasters including several games from the World Championship, to trace the development of new opening ideas and to show how these ideas influence the course of the rest of the game. Anatoly Karpov is Grandmaster and World Champion of 1975-1985.
Russian chess master Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ranked from 1975 as world champion to 1985.
Garry Kasparov defeated this official grand doctor. From 1986, he played three matches against Kasparov for the title to 1990. After Kasparove broke away from Fédération Internationale des Échecs in 1993, he then held its title once again. He held the title but in protest against new rules resigned in 1999. Many consider Karpov of the greatest players of all time for his decades-long standing among the elite.