Assistant to world chess champion Anatoly Karpov denied the attack on him

An assistant to the 12th world chess champion Anatoly Karpov, Albert Stepanyan, said that the grandmaster is in a normal condition, there was no attack on him. Mr. Stepanyan informed about this TASS. Source “RIA News” reported that Mr. Karpov was hospitalized as a result of a fall. Grandmaster’s daughter Sophia reported Mashthat her father was injured as a result of a domestic injury.

“There was no attack. Everything is fine with Anatoly Evgenievich, there are no injuries, ”said Anatoly Karpov’s assistant.

In the Russian Chess Federation “RIA News” also refuted the report about the beating of the grandmaster.

The attack on Mr. Karpov earlier today, on October 31, was reported on his Telegram channel by the chairman of the All-Russian Movement of Entrepreneurs Andrey Kovalev. He declaredthat the grandmaster was attacked at the exit from the State Duma, he is in a serious condition in the hospital. Later, Mr. Kovalev wrotethat Anatoly Karpov was put into an artificial coma.

Source “RIA News” reported that Mr. Karpov was hospitalized in the neuro-intensive care unit of the Sklifosovsky Institute, previously as a result of a fall, he had a craniocerebral injury and a fracture of the femoral neck.

The daughter of Anatoly Karpov Sofya told the Telegram channel Mash that her father was injured in a fall, no one attacked him.

PR Director of the Russian Chess Federation Kirill Zangalis RBCthat Mr. Karpov is in the hospital. Mr. Zangalis denies the information about the attack.

Anatoly Karpov is 71 years old, he is the 12th world champion and retained this title from 1993 to 1999. He received the title of grandmaster in 1970. Since October 2021, Mr. Karpov has been a member of the State Duma of the eighth convocation from the United Russia faction.

Maria Fedotova