In a Trance

And also today the wife of 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, Natalia Vladimirovna Bulanova, provided journalists with encouraging updates on her husband’s condition. “Dear friends; November 4. Anatoly Yevgenyevich’s health has considerably improved. He breathes and eats by himself. He cannot speak loudly, so he writes papers. He asked me to bring him a certain book by Anatoly Sergeyevich Kulikov. He just wants to check some details. On Monday, November 7, he will be moved to an ordinary ward. He greets everyone; he is just a little dazzled by all the hype...”, Komsomolskaya Pravda quoted her as saying.