2005 Trailblazer Award
 GM Anatoly Karpov
Chess For Peace
 

1/2006 - Chess World Champions have a responsibility to promote the game around the world. For 10 years, from 1975 - 1985, Anatoly Karpov was the 12th Chess World Champion. He was a dominating player and a great ambassador for the game. He's not the dominating player he once was, but he still is a great ambassador for Chess. 

  In October of 2005, Karpov's International Chess School, in Lindsborg, Kansas hosted the first Chess for Peace initiative. Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev was in attendance. Also attending were Anatoly Karpov and Susan Polgar, who played a 6 game match. In the spring of 2006, Susan Polgar will take a team of American students to Moscow for a match.  In June of  2006, 2000 students from around the world will visit Lindsborg, Kansas to play chess and develop life long friendships and exchange cultural ideas.

 During the days festivities, in Presser Hall at Bethany College,  Mikhail Gorbachev and Alan Murray, Assistant managing editor of the Wall Street Journal,  played a game of chess while debating world affairs.   

The goal of Chess for Peace is to establish long-term relationships between young people from around the world utilizing chess as a vehicle to promote mutual understanding of shared problems.

 Karpov opened the International Lindsborg Chess School in July of 2003. Karpov has established well over 30 chess schools around the world. In addition to the United states, Karpov has schools in Europe, Scandinavia, and the Mid East.

 Karpov has announced plans to run for FIDE President in 2006.
 
In addition to promoting the game around the world, Karpov had a successful playing year, by winning a few tournaments and matches.

In March of 2005, Karpov defeated GM Andrei Istratescu in a 8 game rapid/standard match. Karpov won both portions of the match and the overall with a 6-2 score. In April of 2005, Karpov won the 5th grand prix d'Echess de Bordeaux.

 In January 2006, Karpov recently tied for first, with Ivanchuk, and Kasimdzhanov at the Keres Memorial Blitz tournament. Currently, Karpov has the 29th spot in the FIDE rating chats and is rated 2672.

https://www.chessforpeace.org/
https://www.chessforpeace.org/media-reports/media_reports.html
https://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2698
https://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2713

Chess Ambassador at Large
http://chess.about.com/b/a/166052.html
https://www.intecsus.org/Chess%20School/Karpov.html

Karpov's International Chess School in Lindsborg, Kansas
https://www.intecsus.org/Chess%20School/Karpov%20School.html

Days festivities
https://www.susanpolgar.com/polgarchess/chessforpeace2.pdf

tied for first at 2006 Keres Memorial in Tallinn
https://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2850

Karpov wins his  Istratescu match
https://www.chess-romania.ro/

1st at the legends tournament at Mainz
https://www.chesstigers.de/ccm5.index.php

1st at the 5th Grand Prix d'Echess de Bprdeaux
https://www.grandprixdebordeaux.com

FIDE
https://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=4100026

Chess Games
Gelfand vs. Karpov
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1334322

Mikhail Gorbachev
https://www.mikhailgorbachev.org/
 

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Anatoly Karpov
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