Professional Chess Association World Chess Championship 1993
Defending champion
Challenger
Garry Kasparov
Nigel Short
Garry Kasparov
Nigel Short
12½
Scores
7½
Born 13 April 1963 30 years old
Born 1 June 1965 28 years old
Winner of the 1990 World Chess Championship
Winner of the 1993 Candidates Tournament
Rating: 2815 (World No. 1)
Rating: 2685 (World No. 10)
← 1990
1995 (PCA) →
FIDE World Chess Championship 1993
Defending champion
Challenger
Anatoly Karpov
Jan Timman
Anatoly Karpov
Jan Timman
12½
Scores
8½
Born 23 May 1951 42 years old
Born 14 December 1951 41 years old
Runner-up of the 1990 World Chess Championship (replacement for Garry Kasparov)
Runner-up of the 1993 Candidates Tournament (replacement for Nigel Short)
Rating: 2760 (World No. 2)
Rating: 2620 (World No. 33)
← 1990
1996 (FIDE) →
The World Chess Championship 1993 was one of the most controversial matches in chess history, with incumbent World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, and official challenger Nigel Short, splitting from FIDE, the official world governing body of chess, and playing their title match under the auspices of the Professional Chess Association. In response, FIDE stripped Kasparov of his title, and instead held a title match between Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman.
The matches were won by Kasparov and Karpov respectively. For the first time in history, there were two rival World Chess Champions, a situation which persisted until the World Chess Championship 2006.
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Garry Kasparov
Nigel Short
Jan Timman