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 1996 match was played in Jaén in 1996 and, like the Candidates Tournament, dominated by Polgar who won 6 games (against 2) and in the end defeated champion Xie Jun by four points. The match was set for 16 matches, but ended early, when Polgar reached 8.5 points. The organizer apparently threatened to fine both players after draws in game 2 and 3. Women's World Chess Championship 1996 The 1996 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Hungarian Zsuzsa Polgar, who defeated the incumbent champion Xie Jun in the title match. Polgar was seeking American Citizenship at the time. As part