World Chess Championship 1984

A Soviet stamp dedicated to the World Chess Championship 1984

The World Chess Championship 1984 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 abandoned in controversial circumstances with Karpov leading five wins to three (with 40 draws), and replayed in the World Chess Championship 1985.


1982 Interzonals

Three Interzonal tournaments were held. The top two finishers in each qualified. Zoltán Ribli won the Las Palmas Interzonal ahead of 62-year-old former World Champion Vasily Smyslov.[1] Kasparov, aged 19 years old at the time, won the Moscow Interzonal by a convincing 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  Zoltán Ribli (Hungary) 2580 - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9
2  Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union) 2565 0 - 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8½
3  Mihai Suba (Romania) 2525 ½ 0 - 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 8
4  Vladimir Tukmakov (Soviet Union) 2555 0 1 1 - 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 7½ 48.00
5  Tigran Petrosian (Soviet Union) 2605 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ 47.00
6  Jan Timman (Netherlands) 2600 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 39.25
7  Bent Larsen (Denmark) 2595 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 37.50
8  József Pintér (Hungary) 2550 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 39.25
9  Jonathan Mestel (England) 2540 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 - 0 1 ½ 0 1 6 36.00
10  Lev Psakhis (Soviet Union) 2615 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ 1 6 35.00
11  Lars Karlsson (Sweden) 2505 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 5½ 35.25
12  Slim Bouaziz (Tunisia) 2360 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 5½ 32.75
13  Jaime Sunye Neto (Brazil) 2500 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ - 1 5½ 31.25
14  Walter Browne (United States) 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  Garry Kasparov (Soviet Union) 2675 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 10
2  Alexander Beliavsky (Soviet Union) 2620 ½ - 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 8½
3  Mikhail Tal (Soviet Union) 2610 ½ 0 - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 48.00
4  Ulf Andersson (Sweden) 2610 ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 47.50
5  Efim Geller (Soviet Union) 2565 ½ 0 ½ 1 - ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 46.50
6  Guillermo Garcia Gonzales (Cuba) 2500 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 7½ 45.25
7  Jacob Murey (Israel) 2500 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½
8  Gyula Sax (Hungary) 2560 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6 37.50
9  Larry Christiansen (United States) 2505 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6 34.25
10  Dragoljub Velimirović (Yugoslavia) 2495 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 - ½ 1 1 ½ 5½
11  John van der Wiel (Netherlands) 2520 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ 5 31.25
12  Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) 2535 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ 5 29.25
13  Ruben Rodriguez (Philippines) 2415 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 - 1 4½
14  Miguel Quinteros (Argentina) 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 in the main event, but eventually 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  Lajos Portisch (Hungary) 2625 - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ 51.75
2  Eugenio Torre (Philippines) 2535 ½ - ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 51.00
3  Boris Spassky (France) 2610 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8
4  Igor Ivanov (Canada) 2505 ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 7½ 48.00
5  Artur Yusupov (Soviet Union) 2555 1 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 46.00
6  Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union) 2610 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 44.50
7  Yasser Seirawan (United States) 2595 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 44.25
8  John Nunn (England) 2565 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7
9  Yuri Balashov (Soviet Union) 2555 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 0 1 ½ 1 6½ 38.00
10  András Adorján (Hungary) 2510 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 - 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 36.75
11  Krunoslav Hulak (Yugoslavia) 2495 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 - ½ ½ 1 5½
12  Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina) 2415 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 0 4 27.00
13  Amador Rodriguez (Cuba) 2480 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 0 4 26.75
14  Bachar Kouatly (Lebanon) 2440 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2½

1983/84 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]

  Quarterfinals
 Semifinals
 Final
                           
  Moscow, 1983
   Soviet Union Garry Kasparov 6  
   Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 3     London, Nov–Dec 1983
     Soviet Union Garry Kasparov 7  
Bad Kissingen, 1983    Switzerland Viktor Korchnoi 4  
   Hungary Lajos Portisch 3
   Switzerland Viktor Korchnoi 6     Vilnius, March–April 1984
     Soviet Union Garry Kasparov 8½
  Alicante, 1983      Soviet Union Vasily Smyslov 4½
   Hungary Zoltán Ribli 6  
   Philippines Eugenio Torre 4     London, Nov–Dec 1983
     Hungary Zoltán Ribli 4½
Velden am Wörther See,[5] Mar–Apr 1983    Soviet Union Vasily Smyslov 6½  
   West Germany Robert Hübner 7
   Soviet Union Vasily Smyslov 7  

The Smyslov–Hübner match was originally tied at 5–5. After playing four extra games without breaking the tie, the match was resolved by a spin of the roulette wheel.[6]

Controversies

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 lost the first game, but subsequently won four, prevailing in the match with a total score of 7–4.

1984/85 Championship match

World Chess Championship Match September 1984 - February 1985
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 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
Soviet Union 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 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
Soviet Union 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 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 championship match between Karpov and Kasparov had many ups and downs, and a very controversial finish. Karpov started in very good form, and after nine games Kasparov was down 4–0 in a "first to six wins" match. Fellow players predicted he would be whitewashed 6–0 within 18 games.

But Kasparov dug in and battled Karpov to 17 successive draws. He lost game 27, then fought back with another series of draws until game 32, his first-ever win against the World Champion. Another 14 successive draws followed, through game 46. The previous record length for a world title match had been 34 games, the 1927 match between José Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine. Games 47 and 48 were both won by the challenger, making the score 5–3 in favor of Karpov and the eventual outcome far less certain.

Then the match was ended without result by Florencio Campomanes, the President of Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), and a new match was announced to start a few months later. The termination was controversial, as both players stated that they preferred the match to continue. 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).

The match became the first, and so far only, world championship match to be abandoned without result.

The restarted match (the World Chess Championship 1985) was best of 24, with the champion (Karpov) to retain his title if the match was tied 12–12. Because Karpov's two-point lead from the 1984 match was wiped out, Karpov was granted the right of a return match (the World Chess Championship 1986) if he lost.

Notes

  1. ↑ World Chess Championship : 1982-84 cycle : 1982 Las Palmas Interzonal. Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved on 1 July 2016.
  2. ↑ World Chess Championship : 1982-84 cycle : 1982 Moscow Interzonal. Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved on 1 July 2016.
  3. ↑ World Chess Championship : 1982-84 cycle : 1982 Toluca Interzonal. Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved on 1 July 2016.
  4. ↑ World Chess Championship : 1982-84 cycle : Candidates Matches. Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved on 1 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Byrne, Robert T. (8 May 1983) Chess - Should Chance Decide The Outcome Of A Match?. NYTimes.com. Retrieved on 2016-07-01.
  6. ↑ CHESS; SHOULD CHANCE DECIDE THE OUTCOME OF A MATCH?, Robert Byrne, New York Times, 9 May 1983

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