Editing Anatoly Karpov (section)

===Grandmaster===
Karpov won the 1971 [[Alekhine Memorial]] tournament in Moscow (jointly with [[Leonid Stein]]), ahead of a star-studded field, for his first significant adult victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Alekhine_mem_1971/23191|title=Alekhine mem 1971 |website=www.365chess.com}}</ref> His [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]] shot from 2540 in 1971 to 2660 in 1973,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Karpov,%20Anatoly.html|title=FIDE rating history: Karpov, Anatoly}}</ref> during which he shared second place in the [[1973 USSR Chess Championship|1973 Soviet championship]], one point behind [[Boris Spassky|Spassky]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olimpbase.org/ind-urs/urs-1973.html|title=41st Soviet Chess Championship, Moscow 1973|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> and qualified for the Leningrad Interzonal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Leningrad_Interzonal_1973/23554|title=Leningrad Interzonal 1973 |website=www.365chess.com}}</ref>