Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokuva shasha yenyika nokusaziva, Karpov akasimbisa kukodzera kwake nokuda kwezita racho nenhevedzano yekubudirira kwemakwikwi kubva pakati pemakore e70 kusvika kumavambo e80. Akadzivirira zita rake kaviri achipesana neyaimbova Soviet Viktor Korchnoi, kutanga muBaguio, Philippines, muna 1978 (6<unk>5 aine 21 madhiri) ipapo muMerano muna
1981 (6<unk>2, ine 10 inonyora).