World Chess Championship 1986

World Chess Championship 1986
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov
  Soviet Union Garry Kasparov Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov
 
12½Scores11½
  Born 13 April 1963
23 years old
Born 23 May 1951
35 years old
  Winner of the 1985 World Chess Championship Granted rematch per terms of the 1985 World Chess Championship
  Rating: 2740
(World No. 1)
Rating: 2705
(World No. 2)
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The 1986 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in London and Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) from July 28 to October 8, 1986. Games 1-12 were played at the Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London, and games 13–24 at the Hotel Leningrad. Kasparov won. Anatoly Karpov was already assured of this rematch during his previous year's match, which was won by Garry Kasparov.