World Chess Championship 1986

Defending champion	Challenger
Garry Kasparov	Anatoly Karpov
Garry Kasparov	Anatoly Karpov
12½	11½
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)
← 1985	1987 →

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. Kasparov won. Anatoly Karpov was already assured of this rematch during his previous year's match, which was won by Garry Kasparov.

Results

The match was played as the best of 24 games. If it ended 12-12, Kasparov would retain his title.

World Chess Championship Match 1986
	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Points
Garry Kasparov (Soviet Union)	2740	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	12½
Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)	2705	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	1	1	1	½	½	0	½	½	11½

Kasparov won.

Kasparov, Garry (2009), Modern Chess: Part 3, Kasparov vs Karpov 1986-1987, Everyman Chess, ISBN 978-1-85744-625-8

1986 World Chess Championship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree's Chess Pages

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