In 1997, he took part in the 1997-1998 FIDE World Championship, which, for the first time, was a large knockout event, the winner of which would play a match against reigning champion Anatoly Karpov.

After the following year's event, it was held every other year until 1987 when no tournament took place: that being the year that Linares hosted the Candidates ' Final, a match to determine a challenger for Kasparov's world title featuring Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Sokolov.

As early as 1996, he was being invited to " supergrandmaster " events for the world's élite such as Las Palmas ( 5 / 10 ), the first category 21 tournament, played in December 1996, with Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik and Karpov participating.

In the late 1970s, however, Karpov, Kasparov and others found different methods to play the Exchange Variation with White, often involving an early Rb1 to remove the rook from the sensitive a1 – h8 diagonal, as well as attempting to hinder the development of Black's queenside.

Following ten consecutive draws, Korchnoi threw away a winning position in the seventeenth game to give Karpov a 3 – 0 lead.

In game 19, Korchnoi succeeded in winning a long endgame, then notched a speedy victory after a blunder by Karpov two games later.

* December 31 – Russian Garry Kasparov holds his title by winning the World Chess Championship match against his countryman Anatoly Karpov.

In the 1974 Candidates ' matches, Spassky first defeated American Robert Byrne in San Juan, Puerto Rico by 4½ – 1½ (+ 3 − 0 = 3 ); he then lost the semifinal match to Anatoly Karpov in Leningrad, despite winning the first game, (+ 1 − 4

In the next cycle, after winning the 1987 Tilburg Interzonal he defeated Valery Salov, Lajos Portisch, and Jonathan Speelman, but lost in the final to Anatoly Karpov in 1990.

In 1973 he failed to advance from the Leningrad Interzonal ; he tied for 5th – 6th places with 10 / 17, with Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi winning.

At Madrid 1973, Portisch shared sixth / seventh places on 9 / 15, with Anatoly Karpov winning.

In 1992, Polgár tied for second behind Anatoly Karpov at the Madrid International in Linares.

The other five participants, Polgár, Karpov, Shirov, Grischuk and Lékó all finished with 4½ for second and last position.

His best result during this period was clear first at Linares 1983 with 6½ / 10, ahead of Karpov and Ulf Andersson, who shared second.

By 1982 Timman was ranked second in the world, behind only Anatoly Karpov.

At Moscow 1981, he joined Kasparov and Polugaevsky in second place, behind Karpov.

Karpov led after the first day with Šebrle second and Clay third.

Amongst Chandler's best results have been Commonwealth Champion ( twice – jointly in 1984 and outright in 1987 ), first place at Brighton 1981, first place in the Blackpool Zonal of 1990, tie for first place, Lloyds Bank Masters 1979, tie for first place, Hastings Premier 1986 / 7, and tied for second place ( behind Anatoly Karpov ), London 1984.

Spassky won the first game as Black in good style, but tenacious, aggressive play from Karpov secured him overall victory by + 4 − 1 = 6.

Polgár is the only woman to have won a game from a current world number one player, and has defeated nine current or former world champions in either rapid or classical chess: Anatoli Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Boris Spassky, Vasily Smyslov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.

In 1998 Polgár defeated Anatoly Karpov in a match of " action " chess ( 30 minutes per game ).

In June 1998 in Budapest, Polgár played an eight game match of " action " chess, which is 30 minutes for the entire game, against Anatoly Karpov.

Going into the last round four players, Polgár, Khalifman, Karpov and Gilberto Milos were tied, but Polgár won her game over Braziliam GM Milos while Khalifman and Karpov played against each other in a draw.

The game lasted 33 moves with Karpov down two pawns and his king exposed.

* Anatoly Karpov vs Boris Spassky, Candidates ' match, Leningrad 1974, game 1, Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation ( B83 ), 0 – 1 Spassky lost the match, but he started strongly with this fine win.

His overall performance in Olympiad play is impressive: + 78 − 1 = 50 ( only one game lost, to Robert Hübner, out of 129 played ), for 79. 8 per cent, the third all-time best performance after Mikhail Tal and Anatoly Karpov.

He also won a game against Viktor Korchnoi, who then invited Seirawan to Switzerland, where Korchnoi was training for his world title match against Anatoly Karpov .< ref >

Miles beat Karpov again three years later in Bath in a game that was part of the BBC's Mastergame series, but it was only shown by the ( co-producing ) German television network, due to a BBC technicians ' strike at the time of broadcast.

* Karpov – Miles, Skara 1980, St. George Defence, 0 – 1 The famous game between Karpov and Miles with the opening line 1. e4 a6.

* Karpov vs Miles Multimedia annotated game

An intentional stalemate occurred on the 124th move of the fifth game of the 1978 World Championship match between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi.

The Kasparov Gambit 8 ... d5 was played twice in the World Chess Championship 1985, but virtually disappeared from master praxis after the game Karpov – van der Wiel, Brussels ( SWIFT ) 1986.

* In the following game, Azmaiparashvili uses the Pirc to defeat reigning world champion Karpov.

In the following game, using the " hedgehog " formation he in part originated ( characterized by a half-open c-file and pawns on a6, b6, d6, and e6, knights on d7 and f6, bishops on b7 and e7, a rook on c8, and kingside castling ), Andersson inflicts upon Anatoly Karpov the latter's first loss as world champion: Karpov – Andersson, Milan 1975 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. Qd1 Qb8 17. f3 Ba8 18. Qf1 Nce5 19. Nab1 Nf6 20. Kh1 h6 21. Rdd1 Bf8 22. Nd2 Rcd8 23. Qf2 Ned7 24. a3 d5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. exd5 Bd6 27. Nf1 Rxe3 ( an exchange sacrifice ) 28. Nxe3 Bxh2 29. Nf1 Bf4 30. Rc2 b5 31. Bd3 Nb6 32. Be4 Nc4 33. a4 Re8 34. axb5 axb5 35. Re2 Be5 36. Qc5 Nd6 37. Na2 Ndxe4 38. fxe4 Bd6 39. Qc2 Re5 40. g3 Qe8 41. Rde1 Bb7 42. Kg1 Nh7 43. Nc1 Ng5 44. Nd2 Bb4 45. Kf2 Bxd2 46. Rxd2 Nxe4 + 47. Rxe4 Rxe4 48. Ne2 Bc8 49. Nc3 Re1 50. Ne2 Ra1 51. Rd4 Qd8 52. Qc6 Bd7 53. Qd6 Qe8 54. Qf4 Qc8 55. b4 Bh3 56. Qe4 Bf5 57. Qe3 Qc2 58. g4 Bd7 59. Qe4 Qb3 60. Qd3 Qb2 61. Qe4 Ra8 62. Qe3 Ra2 63. d6 Ra8 64. Re4 Bc6 65. Qd4 Qb1 66. Re7 Qh1 67. Qf4 Qg2 + 68. Ke1 Ra1 + 69. Kd2 Qd5 + 70. Qd4 Ra2 + 71. Kc3 Qf3 + 72. Re3 Ra3 + 73. Kd2 Ra2 + 74. Ke1 Qh1 + 75. Kf2 Qg2 + 76. Ke1 Qh1 + 77. Kf2 Ra1 78. Rc3 Qg2 + 79. Ke3 Qf3 + 0 – 1

* 1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.

In one of her games against Karpov, he blundered, allowing Polgár to utilize a famous, ancient sacrifice first employed by Emanuel Lasker against Bauer in 1889.

* April 3 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title.

Indeed, his record of sixteen wins ( including victories against Fischer, Bronstein, and Karpov ), no losses, and a few draws with the King's Gambit is unmatched.

However, after Short and Garry Kasparov played their World Championship match outside of the auspices of the sport's governing body FIDE, Timman was invited to compete against Karpov for the FIDE version of the world title.

* Karpov-MIles, Bath, England 1983, Caro-Kann 0-1 Another win against Karpov, then still a very strong world champion and again with black.

* Vasily Smyslov vs Anatoly Karpov, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1971, English Opening / Queen's Gambit ( A34 ), 1 – 0 Karpov was the young rising star, but here he lasts for only 29 moves against Smyslov, who is 30 years older.

He also had plus records against World Champions Euwe and Tal, and equal records against Smyslov, Petrosian and Anatoly Karpov.

4. Nf3 is known as the Kasparov Variation, since Garry Kasparov used it to great effect against Anatoly Karpov in their 1985 World Championship match.

He had multiple wins over all seven World Champions who held the title from 1948 to 1985: Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoly Karpov., but lifetime minus scores against them.

Garry Kasparov often used the defence, including in his World Championship matches against Anatoly Karpov in 1986, 1987 and 1990, and Vladimir Kramnik in 2000.

One subvariation, frequently played by Karpov, including four games of his 1987 world championship match against Kasparov in Seville, Spain, is the Seville Variation, after 6 ... Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7 +, long thought a poor move by theory, as the resultant light-square weakness had been believed to give Black more than enough compensation for the pawn.