World Chess Championship 1975

World Chess Championship 1975
 
Defending champion

Challenger
 
  Bobby Fischer Anatoly Karpov
 
loss on forfeitScoreswin on forfeit
  Born 9 March 1943
32 years old		 Born 23 May 1951
23 years old
  Winner of the 1972 World Chess Championship Winner of the 1974 Candidates Tournament
  Rating: 2780
(World No. 1)		 Rating: 2705
(World No. 2)

The 1975 World Chess Championship was not played due to a dispute over the match format. Champion Bobby Fischer (United States) was to play Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union) in Manila, commencing June 1, 1975. Fischer refused to play the then-standard "Best of 24 games" match and, after FIDE was unable to work out a compromise, forfeited his title instead. Karpov was named World Champion by default on April 3, 1975.

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