World Chess Championship 1984–1985
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The World Chess Championship 1984–1985 was a match between challenger Garry Kasparov and defending champion Anatoly Karpov in Moscow from 10 September 1984 to 15 February 1985 for the World Chess Championship title. After 5 months and 48 games, the match was called off, with Karpov leading 5 to 3, and 40 draws. The match was replayed in the World Chess Championship 1985. Template:Chess notation
1982 Interzonals
Three Interzonal tournaments were held. The top two finishers in each qualified. Zoltán Ribli won the Las Palmas Interzonal ahead of 61-year-old former World Champion Vasily Smyslov.[1] Kasparov, 19 years old, won the Moscow Interzonal by a 1½ point margin ahead of Alexander Beliavsky.[2] The Toluca Interzonal was won jointly by Lajos Portisch and Eugenio Torre.[3]
July 1982 Interzonal, Las Palmas Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total Tie break 1 Template:Flagathlete 2580 – 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9 2 Template:Flagathlete 2565 0 – 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 3 Template:Flagathlete 2525 ½ 0 – 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 8 4 Template:Flagathlete 2555 0 1 1 – 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 7½ 48.00 5 Template:Flagathlete 2605 ½ ½ ½ 0 – 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ 47.00 6 Template:Flagathlete 2600 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 – ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 39.25 7 Template:Flagathlete 2595 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ – 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 37.50 8 Template:Flagathlete 2550 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 – 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 39.25 9 Template:Flagathlete 2540 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 – 0 1 ½ 0 1 6 36.00 10 Template:Flagathlete 2615 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 – ½ ½ ½ 1 6 35.00 11 Template:Flagathlete 2505 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ – ½ ½ ½ 5½ 35.25 12 Template:Flagathlete 2360 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ – ½ 1 5½ 32.75 13 Template:Flagathlete 2500 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ – 1 5½ 31.25 14 Template:Flagathlete 2590 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 – 3
September 1982 Interzonal, Moscow Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total Tie break 1 Template:Flagathlete 2675 – ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 10 2 Template:Flagathlete 2620 ½ – 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 8½ 3 Template:Flagathlete 2610 ½ 0 – ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 48.00 4 Template:Flagathlete 2610 ½ ½ ½ – 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 47.50 5 Template:Flagathlete 2565 ½ 0 ½ 1 – ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 46.50 6 Template:Flagathlete 2500 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ – 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 7½ 45.25 7 Template:Flagathlete 2500 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 – 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 8 Template:Flagathlete 2560 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 – ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6 37.50 9 Template:Flagathlete 2505 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ – 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6 34.25 10 Template:Flagathlete 2495 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 – ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 11 Template:Flagathlete 2520 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ – ½ 0 ½ 5 31.25 12 Template:Flagathlete 2535 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ – 1 ½ 5 29.25 13 Template:Flagathlete 2415 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 – 1 4½ 14 Template:Flagathlete 2520 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 – 3
Tal and Andersson contested a playoff in Malmö for a reserve spot for the Candidates Tournament. The match ended 3–3; Tal became first reserve because of his better tie break score, but no reserves were needed.
1982 Interzonal, Toluca Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total Tie break 1 Template:Flagathlete 2625 – ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ 51.75 2 Template:Flagathlete 2535 ½ – ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 51.00 3 Template:Flagathlete 2610 0 ½ – ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 4 Template:Flagathlete 2505 ½ 1 ½ – ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 7½ 48.00 5 Template:Flagathlete 2555 1 ½ ½ ½ – ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 46.00 6 Template:Flagathlete 2610 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ – 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 44.50 7 Template:Flagathlete 2595 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 – 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 44.25 8 Template:Flagathlete 2565 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 – ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 9 Template:Flagathlete 2555 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ – 1 0 1 ½ 1 6½ 38.00 10 Template:Flagathlete 2510 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 – 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 36.75 11 Template:Flagathlete 2495 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 – ½ ½ 1 5½ 12 Template:Flagathlete 2415 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – ½ 0 4 27.00 13 Template:Flagathlete 2480 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – 0 4 26.75 14 Template:Flagathlete 2440 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 – 2½
1983–1984 Candidates tournament
The six Interzonal qualifiers were joined by Viktor Korchnoi and Robert Hübner, the Candidates finalists from the previous cycle (World Chess Championship 1981). The eight players participated in a series of knockout matches. The winner was Garry Kasparov.[4]
The Smyslov–Hübner match was tied at 5–5. After playing four extra games without breaking the tie, the match was resolved by a spin of the roulette wheel. The ball went into the zero on the first spin, before deciding in favor of Smyslov.[5]
Politics threatened Kasparov's semi-final match against Viktor Korchnoi, which was scheduled to be played in Pasadena, California. Korchnoi had defected from the Soviet Union in 1976, and was at that time the strongest active non-Soviet player. Various political manoeuvres prevented Kasparov from playing Korchnoi in the United States, and Kasparov forfeited the match. This was resolved when Korchnoi agreed for the match to be replayed in London, along with the Vasily Smyslov vs. Zoltán Ribli match. The Korchnoi–Kasparov match was put together on short notice by Raymond Keene. Kasparov won 7–4.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1984–1985 Championship match
World Chess Championship Match September 1984 – February 1985: Games 1-24 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 Template:Flagicon Anatoly Karpov 2700 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov 2710 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
World Chess Championship Match September 1984 – February 1985: Games 25-48 Rating 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Wins Total Template:Flagicon Anatoly Karpov 2700 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 5 25 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov 2710 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3 23
The previous record length for a world title match had been 34 games, the 1927 match between José Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine, which also followed the "first to 6 wins" format.
The match was ended without result by Florencio Campomanes, the President of the World Chess Federation, 5–3 in favor of Karpov, and a new match was announced to start a few months later. The termination was controversial, as both players stated that they preferred for the match to continue. There was speculation that Campomanes had made the decision due to political pressure.[6] Announcing his decision at a press conference, Campomanes cited the health of the players, which had been strained by the length of the match (5 months: 10 September 1984 to 8 February 1985).[7] This match remains the first and only world championship match to be called off without a result.
The restarted match (the World Chess Championship 1985) was best of 24. Kasparov won 13–11.
In 2020, Karpov said that if he had won this match 6–0, Kasparov would never have become world champion, because he was too emotional.[8][9]
Notes
- ↑ World Chess Championship : 1982-84 cycle : 1982 Las Palmas Interzonal Template:Webarchive. Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved on 1 July 2016.
- ↑ World Chess Championship : 1982-84 cycle : 1982 Moscow Interzonal Template:Webarchive. Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved on 1 July 2016.
- ↑ World Chess Championship : 1982-84 cycle : 1982 Toluca Interzonal Template:Webarchive. Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved on 1 July 2016.
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General references
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External links
- Edward Winter, The Termination (1988, updated in 2005, 2007, and 2008)
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