World Chess Championship 1990 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, Short, and Speelman qualified. Lubomir Kavalek withdrew after six rounds; his results are not included in the totals for the other players. Robert Hübner was invited, but declined to participate. As a result, Ribli had a
World Chess Championship the winner playing a match against the champion for the title. These have followed a 2-year cycle: qualification for the Candidates in the odd year, the Candidates tournament early in the even year, and World Championship match late in the even year. Magnus Carlsen defeated Anand in the World Chess Championship 2013. Carlsen has successfully defended his title thrice, against Anand in the World Chess Championship 2014, against Sergey Karjakin in the World Chess Championship 2016, and against Fabiano Caruana in the World Chess Championship 2018. His last two defences were decided by tie-break in rapid games. Before 1948 world