World Chess Championship 1987 the right to face Kasparov in a championship match for the fourth year in a row. The match was played as the best of 24 games. If it ended 12-12, Kasparov would retain his title. Kasparov retained his title. World Chess Championship 1987 The 1987 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Seville from October 12 to December 19, 1987. Before the 24th game, Kasparov was down 12-11, but in the 24th game, Kasparov made a comeback by using the English Opening to win the final game to retain his title. Three Interzonal tournaments were
Women's World Chess Championship 2019 Women's World Chess Championship 2019 The 2019 Women's World Chess Championship is an upcoming chess match for the Women's World Chess Championship title. It is contested by Ju Wenjun (winner of the 2018 knock-out championship) and her challenger, the winner of a newly established Candidates Tournament, that is held in 2019. The match marks the return to a match only format for the title with qualifying Candidates Tournament, after new FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich expressed his dissatisfaction for the knock-out tournaments and its frequent different world champions. The format is an eight player double round-robin tournament. Three 3 of 8