Anatoly Karpov

(ru:Карпов, Анатолий Евгеньевич) Soviet and Russian chess player and politician, twelfth World Chess Champion (1975-1985), International Grandmaster (1970), Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1974). Three-time world male chess champion (1975, 1978, 1981), three-time FIDE world champion (1993, 1996, 1998), two-time world champion as part of the USSR national team (1985 and 1989), six-time winner of the USSR national chess Olympiads (1972, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988), three-time USSR champion (1976, 1983, 1988), champion of the RSFSR (1970). Holder of nine chess Oscars (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984). Honorary Citizen of Zlatoust (1979) and Tula (1998). Karpov is one of the most famous philatelists within the CIS. He was a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VI and VII  convocations, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, a member of the "United Russia" fraction.