World Chess Championship 1990 Soviet Union a year later. Kasparov was indeed allowed to play with a small Russian tri-color at the table. Kasparov, Garry 2010. "Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part 4: Kasparov v Karpov 1988-2009." London: Everyman Chess. World Chess Championship 1990 The World Chess Championship 1990 was played between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. It was the fifth and final Kasparov–Karpov championship match, Kasparov winning by a single point. Three Interzonals were held in the summer of 1987, with 16 to 18 players playing in each and the top three scorers from each qualifying. In the first tournament in Subotica, Sax,
World Chess Championship 2012 World Chess Championship 2012 The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament. After sixteen games, including four rapid games, Anand retained his title. The match, held under the auspices of the World Chess Federation FIDE, took place between 10 and 30 May 2012 in the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. The prize fund was US$2.55 million. Anand was the defending champion, having gained the title in 2007 and defended it in 2008 (against Vladimir Kramnik)