of Belgian philately and Belgian Congo stamps and postal history covering mail from 1742 through 1980 was sold by David Feldman's auction company between December 2011 and 2012. He is also known to have large chess stamp and chess book collections. His private chess library consists of 9,000 books. Honours and awards Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (2001) – for outstanding contribution to the implementation of charitable programmes, the strengthening of peace and friendship between the peoples Order of Friendship (2011) – for his great contribution to strengthening peace and friendship between peoples and productive social activities Order of Lenin (1981) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1978) Order of Merit, 2nd class (Ukraine) (November 13, 2006) – for his contribution to the victims of the Chernobyl disaster Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, 2nd class (1996) Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 2nd class (2001) Medal "For outstanding contribution to the Collector business in Russia" Honorary member of the Soviet Philately Society (1979) Diploma of the State Duma of the Russian Federation No. 1 Order "For outstanding achievements in sport" (Republic of Cuba) Medal of Tsiolkovsky Cosmonautics Federation of Russia Medal "For Strengthening the penal system", 1st and 2nd class Breastplate of the 1st degree of the Interior Ministry International Association of Chess Press, 9 times voted the best chess player of the year and awarded the "Chess Oscar" Order of Saint Nestor the Chronicler, 1st class Asteroid 90414 Karpov is named after Karpov Anatoly Karpov International Chess Tournament, an annual round-robin tournament held in his honour in Poikovsky, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia since 2000 Books Karpov has authored or co-authored several books, most of which have been translated into English. Karpov, A.E. Ninth vertical. 1978. Moscow: Molodaya Gvardia. (also a 1992 Simon & Schuster edition) References Further reading Fine, Rueben (1983). The World's Great Chess Games. Dover. . Hurst, Sarah (2002). Curse of Kirsan: Adventures in the Chess Underworld. Russell Enterprises. . Karpov, Anatoly (2003). Anatoly Karpov's Best Games. Batsford. . Winter, Edward G., editor (1981).World Chess Champions. Pergamon Press. . External links Karpov's official homepage Edward Winter, "Books about Korchnoi and Karpov", Chess Notes 25 minute video interview with Karpov, OnlineChessLessons.NET, June 19, 2012 "Anatoly Karpov tells all" (2015 interview by Sport Express, translated by ChessBase): part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 1951 births 20th-century Russian male writers 21st-century Russian