About three weeks ago it was reported that former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov had an accident in Moscow and was hospitalised. Latest news reports have indicated that Karpov, the 12th world champion, is on the road to recovery, and chess players are happy to learn of such an encouraging development.
Readers would recall it was Karpov who was crowned world champion to succeed the legendary Bobby Fischer in 1975. Fischer had refused to defend his title in 1975 and, therefore, the title went to his challenger. Fischer subsequently disappeared from chess.
