World Chess Championship 1985

World Chess Championship 1985
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
  Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union Garry Kasparov
 
11Scores13
  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
  Rating: 2720
(World No. 1)		 Rating: 2700
(World No. 2)
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Kasparov and Karpov at the World Chess Championship 1985
A Soviet stamp dedicated to the World Chess Championship 1985

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 youngest world champion at the age of 22.[1]

  1. ^ "Garry Kasparov biography". Retrieved 1 November 2009.