Douglas Griffin on X: World Champion Anatoly Karpov, Amsterdam IBM 1981. (Source: #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: Two World Champions - Max Euwe and Anatoly Karpov, at the final Amsterdam IBM tournament, 20th May 1981. (Photo source: #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: The 12th World #Chess Champion, Anatoly Karpov, pictured in 1978, the year of his first, successful, title defence. (Photo credit: unknown.) / X

Douglas Griffin on X: The 1981 World Championship match between champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR) & challenger Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland), Merano, October-November 1981. (📷J. Cooke, V. Rastelli / Corbis.) #chess / X

X 上的Douglas Griffin：“40 years ago, the World Championship match between Anatoly Karpov & Viktor Korchnoi was under way. One of my earliest #chess memories is reading the score of the 1st

Douglas Griffin on X: Moscow, 1985. World Champion Anatoly Karpov arrives at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall during his decisive title match v. Garry Kasparov. By the car is Viktor Baturinsky, who was

Douglas Griffin on X: World Champion Anatoly Karpov giving a simultaneous display in the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 1976. @sovietvisuals #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR), pictured in play v. Jonathan Speelman (England) in the 3rd round of the London (Phillips & Drew) tournament, 17th April 1982. (Photo credit

Douglas Griffin on X: 40 years ago - World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR), pictured at the IBM International in Amsterdam, May 1981. (📷H. van Dijk (#1); M. Antonisse (#2, 3, 4) /

Douglas Griffin on X: The 1981 World Championship match between champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR) & challenger Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland), Merano, October-November 1981. (📷J. Cooke, V. Rastelli / Corbis.) #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: 40 years ago - World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR), pictured at the IBM International in Amsterdam, May 1981. (📷H. van Dijk (#1); M. Antonisse (#2, 3, 4) /