Chessbase [1] and Reddit [2] show reporting to be all over the place, with completely contradictory quotes from Karpov's wife and from his daughter. Reddit's su

Chessbase [1] and Reddit [2] show reporting to be all over the place, with completely contradictory quotes from Karpov's wife and from his daughter. Reddit's summary of events: According to emergency service, the grandmaster was found unconscious at the State Duma this Saturday. Now he is in intensive care. Doctors diagnosed Karpov with a closed craniocerebral injury, a fracture of the left femur, as well as severe alcohol intoxication. Chairman of the All-Russian Movement of Entrepreneurs Andrey Kovalev said that "Karpov was attacked at the exit from the State Duma. He is in a serious condition in the hospital." Karpov's assistant Albert Stepanyan refuted Kovalev's words: "There was no attack. Everything is fine with Anatoly Evgenievich, there are no injuries." However, Kovalev later wrote that "Karpov was put into induced coma." Information about the coma was confirmed by Karpov's daughter, Sophia. According to her, the chess player "was injured as a result of a domestic injury, there was no attack." The source of "RIA Novosti" noted that Karpov is in the department of neuro-intensive care of the Institute. Sklifosovsky. Previously, he was injured due to a fall. Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin confirms the version about the fall: "He is in the hospital. Unsuccessfully fell. I am in touch with Anatoly Evgenievich's assistants. I know that everything is not as they say in the telegram channels." Karpov's wife Natalia Bulanova unexpectedly denied the information about the hospitalization of the chess player: "There was no attack, nothing like that. He's at home, he's fine." According to Izvestia, Karpov was connected to a ventilator. He was diagnosed with cerebral edema, fractures of the right parietal and right temporal bones, multiple head hematomas and traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. As well as a combined injury, a closed craniocerebral injury and a closed fracture of the neck of the left femur [1] https://en.chessbase.com/post/breaking-news-anatoly-karpov-in-hospital-after-incident https://en.chessbase.com/post/breaking-news-anatoly-karpov-i... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/yj1mqm/karpov_summary_of_events/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/yj1mqm/karpov_summar...