FIDE World Chess Championship 1996

FIDE World Chess Championship 1996
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
  Anatoly Karpov Gata Kamsky
 
10½Scores
  Born 23 May 1951
45 years old
Born 2 June 1974
22 years old
  Winner of the Candidates Match against Boris Gelfand Winner of the Candidates Match against Valery Salov
  Rating: 2770
(World No. 3)
Rating: 2735
(World No. 5)

The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion.