World Chess Championship 1985
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Defending champion |
Challenger | |||||
| Anatoly Karpov | Garry Kasparov | |||||
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Born 23 May 1951 34 years old |
Born 13 April 1963 22 years old | |||||
| Winner of the 1981 World Chess Championship | Winner of the 1983 Candidates Tournament | |||||
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Rating: 2720 (World No. 1) |
Rating: 2700 (World No. 2) | |||||
The 1985 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 3 to November 9, 1985. Kasparov won, to become the thirteenth and the then youngest world champion at the age of 22.