Editing Anatoly Karpov (section)

==Professional and political career after retirement from chess ==
[[File:Karpov chess school.jpg|thumb|Karpov founded his chess school in the tan building. The sign bearing his name has been removed, and the school is in the process of changing its name.]]
In 2003, Karpov opened his first American chess school in [[Lindsborg, Kansas]] as the Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess|url=http://www.anatolykarpovchessschool.org/history.html|access-date=September 19, 2021|website=www.anatolykarpovchessschool.org}}</ref> On March 2, 2022, the school announced a name change to International Chess Institute of the Midwest due to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/InternationalChessInstituteoftheMidwest/posts/pfbid02giD1VtacQPeb8pxUTcieTAYvSiCu4KNdtNCCz8m67doSfpYFsxNUfDSU347umwJTl|title=International School of Chess of the Midwest|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>

Karpov has been a member of the [[6th State Duma|sixth]], [[7th State Duma|seventh]] and [[8th State Duma|eighth Russian State Dumas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/99111854/|title=Карпов Анатолий Евгеньевич|website=Государственная Дума}}</ref> Since 2005, he has been a member of the [[Public Chamber of Russia]]. He has involved himself in several humanitarian causes, such as advocating the use of [[iodised salt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/reallives_1345.html|title=Stories from the region|website=www.unicef.org|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=January 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108100717/http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/reallives_1345.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On December 17, 2012, Karpov supported the [[Dima Yakovlev Law]] banning adoption of Russian orphans by U.S. citizens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vote.duma.gov.ru/vote/79982|title=(2 чтение) ФЗ №186614-6 "О мерах воздействия на лиц, причастных к нарушению основополагающих прав и свобод человека, прав и свобод граждан РФ" – Система анализа результатов голосований на заседаниях Государственной Думы|website=vote.duma.gov.ru|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>

Karpov expressed support of the unilateral [[annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]], and accused Europe of trying to demonize Putin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aif.ru/society/people/rusofobiya_zashkalivaet|title=Анатолий Карпов: Европа пытается демонизировать Путина, а не Россию|first=Владимир|last=Кожемякин|website=www.aif.ru|date=June 23, 2015|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> In August 2019, [[Maxim Dlugy]] said that Karpov had been waiting since March for the approval of a non-immigrant visa to the United States, despite frequently visiting the country since 1972. Karpov had been scheduled to teach a summer camp at the Chess Max Academy. Dlugy said that Karpov had been questioned at the [[Embassy of the United States, Moscow|US embassy in Moscow]] about whether he planned to communicate with American politicians.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-karpov/russian-chess-legend-anatoly-karpov-unable-to-get-u-s-visa-friend-says-idUKKCN1VC031|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822032245/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-karpov/russian-chess-legend-anatoly-karpov-unable-to-get-u-s-visa-friend-says-idUKKCN1VC031|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2019|title=Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov unable to get U.S. visa, friend says|date=August 22, 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=August 22, 2019|language=en}}</ref> Karpov was among the Russian State Duma members placed under sanctions by the EU and UK during the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chess-news.ru/node/28745|title=Анатолий Карпов попадает под санкции Европейского союза|website=chess-news.ru|date=February 23, 2022|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224133535/http://chess-news.ru/node/28745|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> In March 2022, after the start of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the FIDE Council suspended Karpov's title of FIDE Ambassador for Life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Official Statement of FIDE Council |url=https://www.fide.com/news/1603 |access-date=March 3, 2022 |website=www.fide.com |language=en}}</ref> 

In November 2022, Karpov was placed in an [[induced coma]] after receiving a head injury.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=Breaking News: Anatoly Karpov in hospital with fractured skull |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/breaking-news-anatoly-karpov-in-hospital-after-incident |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Chess News |language=en}}</ref> Karpov's daughter Sofia and the Russian Chess Federation said that he had accidentally fallen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=Conflicting claims as Anatoly Karpov enters induced coma: Assault or a domestic accident? |url=https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2022/10/31/635ff87c268e3e2a678b4570.html |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=MARCA |language=en}}</ref> Karpov made a full recovery from the injury.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/karpov-is-back-home | title=Karpov is back home | date=November 18, 2022 }}</ref>