Editing Anatoly Karpov (section)

===Young master===
[[File:Anatoly Karpov (1967).jpg|thumb|262px|Karpov in 1967]]
Karpov finished first in his first international tournament, in [[Třinec]], several months later, ahead of [[Viktor Kupreichik]]. In 1967, he won the annual [[European Junior Chess Championship|Niemeyer Tournament]] in [[Groningen]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Junior Meet|magazine=[[Chess Review]]|date=April 1968|volume=36|number=4|page=99|quote= The Niemeyer International Junior Tournament in Groningen, Holland, went to Karpov of the Soviet Union with 5½–1½, half a point ahead of Jocha of Hungary.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/EU-ch_U18_f-A_6768_1967/26508 |title=EU-ch U18 f-A 6768 1967|website=365Chess.com|access-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref> Karpov won a gold medal for academic excellence in high school, and entered [[Moscow State University]] in 1968 to study mathematics. He later transferred to [[Leningrad State University]], eventually graduating from there in economics. One reason for the transfer was to be closer to his coach, grandmaster [[Semyon Furman]], who lived in Leningrad. In his writings, Karpov credits Furman as a major influence on his development as a world-class player.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/01/books/getting-it-off-his-chess.html |first=Fernando |last=Arrabal |title=Getting It Off His Chess |date=March 1, 1992 |website=The NY Times |access-date=November 16, 2022}}</ref>

In 1969, Karpov became the first Soviet player since Spassky (1955) to win the [[World Junior Chess Championship|World Junior Championship]], scoring an undefeated 10/11 in the final A group at [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Wch_U20_fin-A_1969/26788 |title=Wch U20 fin-A|publisher=365Chess.com|access-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref> This victory earned him the [[International Master]] title.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Tenth Junior World Championship. Stockholm, August 10 – 29, 1969|last=Trifunovich|first=Petar|magazine=Chess Review|date=October 1969|volume=37|number=10|page=315}}</ref> In 1970, Karpov tied for fourth and fifth places with [[Pal Benko]] at an international tournament in [[Caracas]], Venezuela,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Caracas_1970/22885 |title=Caracas 1970|website=365Chess.com|access-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref> and earned the [[Grandmaster (chess)|international grandmaster]] title.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Don't Walk – Run|last=Kavalek|first=Lubosh|magazine=Chess Life & Review|date=September 1970|volume=XXV|number=9|page=483|quote=Anatoli Karpov is a new International Grandmaster. Playing "waiting chess" he just made the grandmaster norm.}}</ref> [[FIDE]] awarded him the title during its 41st congress, held during the [[Chess Olympiad]] in [[Siegen]], West Germany in September 1970.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=FIDE'S 41st -and Greatest -Congress|last=Cramer|first=Fred|magazine=Chess Life & Review|date=January 1971|volume=XXVI|number=1|page=24|quote=The Congress awarded IGM titles to Anatoly Karpov and Buchuti Gurgenldze of the USSR and to Walter Browne of Australia.}}</ref>