Editing World Chess Championship (section)

====Karpov and Kasparov (1975–1993)====
{{see|World Chess Championship 1978|World Chess Championship 1981|World Chess Championship 1984|World Chess Championship 1985|World Chess Championship 1986|World Chess Championship 1987|World Chess Championship 1990}}

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| image1            = Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg Karpov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 929-3627.jpg
| caption1          = [[Anatoly Karpov]] became World Champion after Fischer refused to defend his title in 1975 and held the title till 1985. He was the FIDE World Champion from 1993 to 1999 when the world title was split.
| image2            = De 18-jarige Rus Garri Kasparov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 931-7203.jpg
| caption2          = [[Garry Kasparov]] defeated Karpov to become the 13th World Champion, and was the undisputed World Champion from 1985 to 1993. He held the split title until 2000.
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After becoming world champion by default, Karpov confirmed his worthiness for the title with a string of tournament successes from the mid 70s to the early 80s. He defended his title twice against ex-Soviet [[Viktor Korchnoi]], first in [[Baguio]] in [[World Chess Championship 1978|1978]] (6–5 with 21 draws) and in [[Merano]] in [[World Chess Championship 1981|1981]] (6–2, with 10 draws). In the [[World Chess Championship 1984|1984 World Chess Championship]], Karpov fought against [[Garry Kasparov]]. Karpov retained the title after the tournament went for more than five months and was terminated with Karpov leading with five wins to Kasparov's three and 40 draws after 48 matches.

Karpov eventually lost his title in [[World Chess Championship 1985|1985]] to Kasparov, who won the title by a scoreline of 13&ndash;11. The two played three more subsequent championships in [[World Chess Championship 1986]] (won by Kasparov, 12½–11½), [[World Chess Championship 1987]] (drawn 12–12, Kasparov retained the title), and [[World Chess Championship 1990]] (won by Kasparov, 12½–11½). In the five tournaments, Kasparov and Karpov played a total of 144 World Championship games with 104 draws, 21 wins by Kasparov and 19 wins by Karpov.<ref>{{cite news |title=The chess games of Garry Kasparov |url=https://www.chessgames.com/player/garry_kasparov.html |access-date=21 February 2022 |work=Chessgames.com |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221115102/https://www.chessgames.com/player/garry_kasparov.html |url-status=live }}</ref>