World Chess Championship 1985 36 and move 40. Kasparov won the World Championship after Karpov resigned on move 42. The match was played as the best of 24 games. If it had ended 12-12, Karpov would have retained his title. World Chess Championship 1985 The 1985 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Moscow from September 3 to November 9, 1985. Kasparov won, to become the thirteenth and youngest world champion at the age of 22. It is difficult to view the 1985 World Chess Championship in isolation, following as it did only 7 months after the highly controversial
Women's World Chess Championship Yifan was knocked-out in the second round in Women's World Chess Championship 2012, which was played in Khanty Mansiysk. Anna Ushenina, seeded 30th in the tournament, won the final against Antoaneta Stefanova 3–2. The Women's World Chess Championship 2013 was a match over 10 games between defending champion Anna Ushenina and Hou Yifan who had won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012. After seven of ten games Hou Yifan won the match 5.5 to 1.5 to retake the title. After Hou declined to defend her title at the Women's World Chess Championship 2015, the title was won by Mariya Muzychuk,