karpov in English

noun

family name

Use "karpov" in a sentence

1. " My dear Karpov, "

2. Karpov, the champion, came perilously close to losing.

3. 7 Karpov employed subtle psychological tactics to unsettle the campion.

4. Karpov struck back in no uncertain fashion to win the seventh game.

5. Superb defence by Karpov, all the more praiseworthy in that he was now in desperate time trouble.

6. Karpov probably saw White's following sacrifice but believed, not unreasonably, that he could defend against it.

7. 27 Karpov has played this sequence many times before and should have been fully conversant with its manifold nuances.

8. Our investigations confirm that Issa Karpov is a member of a militant Salafi group of Chechen jihadists.

9. Karpov has also played 15 ... c and this may well turn out to be the better move.

10. Karpov is extremely hard to beat, a great defender and a brilliant strategist, whose play resembles that of Capablanca.

11. • This is a dead draw, but Karpov flogged a very dead horse until move 86 before Acquiescing in the inevitable

12. Kasparov's recent performance had been lacklustre and many experts were predicting that Karpov was about to regain the world title.

13. As each of his seemingly decisive threats vanished like a mirage before his eyes Karpov once again sank into serious time pressure.

14. Karpov expertly perceives that his bishop is worth less than the Black knight which has future perspectives on both d4 and f

15. 27 In the fifth hour of play, Karpov was reduced to shuffling his king to and fro as Short steadily improved his position.

16. The meeting called for equal treatment for Kamsky and Karpov, the restoration of the traditional FIDE cycle of qualifying contests leading to the world title match, and a shake-up in FIDE.

17. Kasparov, who is now 46 and a vocal opponent of the Russian prime minister and former president, Vladimir Putin, went on to beat Karpov in 1985 to become the youngest chess world champion.