http://schach.chess.com/news/karpov-beats-sveshnikov-4-2-in-rapid-match-1380
This week GM Anatoly Karpov was back at the chess board in Riga, Latvia for a rapid match with GM Evgeny Sveshnikov. The 12th world champion won 4-2 and claimed the 178th victory in his long career.
Two chess legends met for a six-game rapid match from July 7 to 9 in
Riga, Latvia: the 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov (Russia) and
renowned theoretician Evgeny Sveshnikov (Latvia).
Karpov became world champion in 1975
when Bobby Fischer forfeited, and was by far the strongest player for a
decade. He lost the world title to Garry Kasparov in 1985, but was “FIDE
world champion” from 1993-1999 during Kasparov's breakup with FIDE.
Sveshnikov is a two-time Latvian champion and the winner of
international tournaments such as Le Havre (1977) and Cienfuegos (1979).
He will always be connected to the variation in the Sicilian that used
to be called Lasker-Pelikan but has taken his name since the 1970s. He
is also an expert of the Alapin and Kalashnikov Sicilians and the French
Advance.
The time control in the match was 25 minutes and 10 seconds increment
per player. GM Alexei Shirov was among the online commentators.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweschnikow-Variante
