Below are lists, as comprehensive as possible, of books about
(not by) Victor Korchnoi and Anatoly Karpov:
El estilo tenaz de Victor Kortchnoi by H.L. González
(Córdoba, 1968)
Korchnoi 125 Games (1972)
Cavalier seul! Le style de Kortchnoi by P. Derreumaux
(Paris, 1977)
Korchnoi: Skakkens Springer by S. Novrup (Copenhagen,
1978)*
Korchnoi’s Chess Games by D. Levy and K. O’Connell
(Oxford, 1979)
Grandmaster Fearless by B. Long (Davenport, 1982)
Viktor Korčnoj by D. Marovič (Zagreb, 1983)
The Chess Greats of the World Korchnoi by D. Lovas
(Kecskemét, 2007)
Korchnoi protiv shakhmatnykh vnukov by V. Barski and A.
Bykovski (Moscow, 2012)
Korchnoi move by move by C. Lakdawala (London, 2014)
Rodnie steni Viktora Korchnovo by N. Vitiugov, A.
Kentler and V. Faibisovich (St Petersburg, 2017)
Evil-Doer: Half a Century with Viktor Korchnoi by G.
Sosonko (2018)
Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi by A. Soltis
(Jefferson, 2019).
K is for Karpov! by J. Adams (London, 1974)
The Games of Anatoly Karpov by K.J. O’Connell and J.
Adams (London, 1974), plus Spanish translation (Barcelona, 1975)
La carrera ajedrecística de Anatoly Karpov by P. Morán
(Madrid, 1975)
Anatolij Karpov by G. Porreca (S. Maria C.V., 1975)
Anatolij Karpov by P. Bagnoli (Milan, 1975)*
Anatoli Karpov by A. Martín (Barcelona, circa 1975)
Tri Matcha Anatolia Karpova by M. Botvinnik (Moscow,
1975), plus German edition (Heidelberg, 1976) and English
edition (Oxford, 1978)
Weltmeister Karpow by M. van Fondern and P. Beyersdorf
(Hollfeld/Ofr., 1975)
The Best of Karpov by P.R. Markland (Oxford, 1975)
Karpov’s Collected Games by D. Levy (London, 1975)
Il gioco di Karpov by D. Levy (Turin, 1975)
How Karpov Wins by E. Mednis (New York, 1975 and 1994)
Anatoly Karpov The Road to the World Chess Championship
by R. Byrne (New York, 1976)
Schackgeniet Anatolij Karpov by G. Johansson
(Stockholm, 1976)
The Complete Games of World Champion Anatoly Karpov by
K.J. O’Connell, D. Levy and J. Adams (London, 1976)
Karpov skakverdensmester i utide by S. Novrup
(Copenhagen, 1976)
Uralskii Samsvyet by A. Kotov (Moscow, 1977)
Karpov vers les sommets by J. Le Monnier (Paris, 1978)
Schach dem Weltmeister Karpow by T. Schuster
(Niedernhausen, 1978)
Karpov’s Games as World Champion 1975-1978 by K.
O’Connell and D. Levy (London, 1978) Note: title on front-cover:
Anatoly Karpov’s Games as World Champion 1975-77
Karpov un genio de nuestro tiempo by M. Studenetzky and
B. Wexler (Buenos Aires, 1980)
Rekao mi je Anatolij Karpov by D. Bjelica (Belgrade,
1981), plus Italian translation
Karpov by G.Ö. Haraldsson (Reykjavik, 1981)
Anatolij Karpov by D. Marović (Zagreb, 1983)
Anatolii Karpov v fotografiyakh by D. Donskogo
(Moscow, 1984)
Kasparov protiv Karpova by D. Bjelica (Sarajevo, 1984)
Karpov’s Best Games by V. Ravi Kumar (Madras, 1984 or
1985)
Anatoli Karpov Su vida y partidas by A. Martín González
(Barcelona, 1985)
Kraljevi Šaha: Anatolij Karpov by D. Bjelica (Belgrade,
1990)*
Das Schachgenie Karpow by V. Baturinski (Berlin, 1991)
K x K, a perestróika no tabuleiro by H.A. Carvalho and
R. Filguth (Curitiba, 1991)
Karpov (1) 222 partidas (Madrid, 1994)
Anatoly Karpov – La computadora humana by W. Jorge
(Huerta Grande, 1994)*
Anatoli Karpov El camino de una voluntad by D. Llada
(Madrid, 2006)
Anatolii Karpov: Zhizn i igra by I. and V. Linder
(Moscow, 2006), plus Italian translation
Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov by T. Karolyi and N.
Aplin (Alkmaar, 2007), plus Spanish translation (Santa Eulalia
de Morcín, circa 2010)
The Making of a Champion by T. Karolyi (Glasgow, 2011)
The Prime Years by T. Karolyi (Glasgow, 2011)
The Chess Greats of the World Karpov by D. Lovas
(Kecskemét, 2011)
Karpov move by move by S. Collins (London, 2015).
Books not in our collection are marked with an asterisk. For
information on additional titles we are grateful to Hassan Roger
Sadeghi (Lausanne, Switzerland), Christian Sánchez (Rosario,
Argentina), Aðalsteinn Thorarensen (Reykjavik), Fabrizio
Zavatarelli (Milan, Italy) and Yakov Zusmanovich (Pleasanton, CA,
USA).
