World Chess Championship 1993

Professional Chess Association World Chess Championship 1993
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Nigel Short
Nigel Short
  Russia Garry Kasparov United Kingdom Nigel Short
 
12½Scores
  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
  Rating: 2815
(World No. 1)
Rating: 2685
(World No. 10)
← 1990
FIDE World Chess Championship 1993
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov
Jan Timman
Jan Timman
  Russia Anatoly Karpov Netherlands Jan Timman
 
12½Scores
  Born 23 May 1951
42 years old
Born 14 December 1951
41 years old
  Runner-up of the 1990 World Chess Championship (replacement for Russia Garry Kasparov) Runner-up of the 1993 Candidates Tournament (replacement for United Kingdom Nigel Short)
  Rating: 2760
(World No. 2)
Rating: 2620
(World No. 33)
← 1990

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.