World Chess Championship 1993
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Defending champion |
Challenger | |||||
| Garry Kasparov | Nigel Short | |||||
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Born 13 April 1963 30 years old |
Born 1 June 1965 28 years old | |||||
| Winner of the 1990 World Chess Championship | Winner of the 1993 Candidates Tournament | |||||
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Rating: 2815 (World No. 1) |
Rating: 2685 (World No. 10) | |||||
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Defending champion |
Challenger | |||||
| Anatoly Karpov | Jan Timman | |||||
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Born 23 May 1951 42 years old |
Born 14 December 1951 41 years old | |||||
| Runner-up of the 1990 World Chess Championship (replacement for Garry Kasparov) | Runner-up of the 1993 Candidates Tournament (replacement for Nigel Short) | |||||
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Rating: 2760 (World No. 2) |
Rating: 2620 (World No. 33) | |||||
The World Chess Championship 1993 was one of the most controversial matches in chess history, with incumbent World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and official challenger Nigel Short splitting from FIDE, the official world governing body of chess, and playing their title match under the auspices of the Professional Chess Association. In response, FIDE stripped Kasparov of his title, and instead held a title match between Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman.
The matches were won by Kasparov and Karpov respectively. For the first time in history, there were two rival World Chess Champions, a situation which persisted until the World Chess Championship 2006.