20 years ago: Anand and Karpov fight for the World Championship

Twenty years ago this week, on January 2, 1998, Viswanathan Anand and Anatoly Karpov began their match for the FIDE World Championship in Lausanne, Switzerland — under peculiar circumstances. Anand had qualified for the match by winning the knock-out tournament in Groningen but then had to go immediately to Lausanne to play for the title — without a break or time for preparation.

When the wait finally ended for Viswanathan Anand

Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1985) chess event

History: From Mazatlan to Luzhniki

FIDE World Championship Tournament 1998 - Chessentials

King Anand - Frontline

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Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1987) chess event

Karpov vs Anand FIDE World Championship Match, 1998 #chess #chessgame

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Karpov vs. Kasparov World Chess Championship 1984

World Championship: Karpov Kasparov:1984

Of Karpov's critical remark and Anand's rise

Viswanathan Anand at Idea Exchange: 'We are no longer chess players from mythology; someone bespectacled who is slightly old