Editing Anatoly Karpov (section)

==Style==
Karpov's playing style, described as a "[[boa constrictor]]",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/09/17/archives/chess-revengeful-karpov-presses-like-a-cool-boa-constrictor.html|title=Chess:; Revengeful Karpov Presses Like a Cool Boa Constrictor Unsuspected Strength Shown|last=Byrne|first=Robert|date=September 17, 1980|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/deec2a2e3dd5acb07764b0c37c19f3e2|title=Karpov A Master Of Willpower, Squeeze Play With AM-World Chess|last=Goodman|first=David|date=December 19, 1987|work=AP News|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> is solidly [[positional chess|positional]], taking minimal risks but reacting mercilessly to the slightest error by his opponent. As a result, he is often compared to [[José Raúl Capablanca]], the third world champion.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Keres Annotates... Two Karpov Wins|magazine=Chess Life & Review|date=January 1973|volume=XXVIII|number=1|page=8|quote=His general style of play is rather calm, centered on positional considerations and somehow recalling Capablanca's attitudes towards the game.}}</ref> Karpov himself describes his style as follows:<blockquote>Let us say the game may be continued in two ways: one of them is a beautiful tactical blow that gives rise to variations that don't yield to precise calculations; the other is clear positional pressure that leads to an endgame with microscopic chances of victory.... I would choose [the latter] without thinking twice. If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hooper |first1=David |author-link1=David Vincent Hooper |last2=Whyld |first2=Kenneth |author-link2=Ken Whyld |year=1996 |title=The Oxford Companion to Chess |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=edEZAQAAIAAJ&q=%22would+choose+the+latter+without+thinking+twice%22+%22of+victory%22 |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=192 |isbn=0192800493 |access-date=26 September 2016 }}</ref></blockquote>