Anatoly Karpov

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A Russian chess player who was world champion from 1975 to 1985

proper noun

: Anatoli Kárpov

Anatoly Karpov won the World Chess Championship in 1975 after Bobby Fischer forfeited the title.

Examples

Many consider Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov to be two of the greatest chess players in history.
As a child, he admired chess legends like Anatoly Karpov and studied their games extensively.
Did Anatoly Karpov ever lose a title match?
What do you think about Anatoly Karpov's contributions to chess?
Anatoly Karpov became the youngest player to win the World Championships at age twenty-four.
In his prime, Anatoly Karpov was known for his strategic and positional style of play.
Anatoly Karpov remains a prominent figure in chess, contributing to the sport even after his retirement.

Synonyms

Karpov

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A Russian chess grandmaster who was world champion from 1975 to 1985

places the birth year before the rest of the description

Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov

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A Russian chess grandmaster who was World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985

includes the birth year at the start of the description

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Anatoly + Karpov

This is a proper name referring to a specific person; knowing the constituent tokens 'Anatoly' and 'Karpov' does not allow a learner to derive the biographical meaning (Russian chess grandmaster, world champion 1975–1985). Proper names are arbitrary referents rather than compositional phrases and thus require prior exposure or external knowledge, making the expression non-transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Anatoly Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster who became 'world champion' in 1975 after Bobby Fischer refused to play. He is known for calm, steady play that wins slowly, so his name often brings to mind a careful, sure strategy.