Editing FIDE (section)

====World Championship, 1983–1985====
The events leading to [[Garry Kasparov]]'s winning the world championship involved FIDE in two controversies. While arranging the [[Candidates Tournament]] semi-final matches to be played in 1983, FIDE accepted bids to host Kasparov versus [[Victor Korchnoi]] in [[Pasadena, California]]. The Soviet Union refused to accept this, either because it feared Kasparov would [[Defection|defect]] or because it thought Kasparov was the greater threat to reigning champion Anatoly Karpov. Their refusal would have meant that Kasparov forfeited his chance of challenging for the title. FIDE president [[Florencio Campomanes]] negotiated with the Soviet Union, and the match was played in London.<ref name="AbundoCampomanesLegacy">{{cite web
 | url=http://old.fide.com/news/download/campolegacy.doc
 | title=Campo's Legacy to World Chess
 | author=Abundo, C.
 | publisher=FIDE
}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes1983CrisisLooming">{{cite news
 | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E7DB1E39F935A3575BC0A965948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
 | title= A crisis is looming in chess world
 | date=August 6, 1983
 | author=Burns, J.F.
 | newspaper=New York Times
}}</ref>

In the 1984 world championship match between Karpov and Kasparov the winner was to be the first to win six games. In the first 27 games Karpov gained a 5–0 lead but by the end of the 48th Kasparov had reduced this to 5–3.<ref name="weeksKarpovKasparov1984">{{cite web
 | url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/82841wix.htm
 | title=1984 Karpov – Kasparov Title Match
 | author=Weeks, M.
}}</ref> At this point the match had lasted for 159 days (from September 1984 to February 1985). Then the match was ended without result by Florencio Campomanes, the President of the World Chess Federation, and a new match was announced to start a few months later. The termination was controversial, as both players stated that they preferred the match to continue.<ref>Edward Winter, [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/termination.html The Termination] (1988, updated in 2006, 2007 and 2008). Retrieved on 2008-12-27.</ref> Announcing his decision at a press conference, Campomanes cited the health of the players, which had been strained by the length of the match. Kasparov won the second match and became world champion.<ref name="AbundoCampomanesLegacy" /><ref name="timesonline2007WhiteKnight">{{cite news
 | url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/white-knight-who-brought-down-the-red-king-kfj0bhknzkv
 | title=White knight who brought down the Red king
 | date=November 6, 2007
 | newspaper=[[The Times]]
 | location=London
| first=Daniel
| last=Johnson
| access-date=2010-05-02}}</ref><ref name="aboutWorldChampionship1948to1990">{{cite web
 |url         = http://chess.about.com/od/worldchampionship/p/aa06c11.htm
 |title       = FIDE World Chess Championship 1948–1990
 |author      = Week, M.
 |publisher   = about.com
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080720005910/http://chess.about.com/od/worldchampionship/p/aa06c11.htm
 |archive-date = July 20, 2008
 |df          = mdy
}} Also available on [https://web.archive.org/web/20210508203020/https://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1268 FIDE's Web site]</ref>
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