World Chess Championship 1985

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The World Chess Championship 1985 was the title match in which Garry Kasparov won his first world championship, marking the beginning of his reign as World Chess Champion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Chess Championship match
chess event
broadcastMedium radio
television
challenger Garry Kasparov
champion Garry Kasparov
chronologicalOrderInChampionshipHistory World Chess Championship 1985 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 41st World Chess Championship match
city Moscow
country Soviet Union
defendingChampion Anatoly Karpov
endDate 1985-11-09
era Soviet chess dominance
finalScore 13–11
firstWorldTitleFor Garry Kasparov
followsEvent aborted World Chess Championship 1984 match
governingBody FIDE
languageOfOfficialBulletins Russian
locationCity Moscow
locationCountry Soviet Union
loser Anatoly Karpov
loserScore 11
marksBeginningOfReignOf Garry Kasparov
matchFormat best of 24 games
nextEdition World Chess Championship 1986
notableOpeningUsed King’s Indian Defence
Queen’s Gambit Declined
Sicilian Defence
notableRivalry Karpov–Kasparov rivalry
numberOfGamesPlayed 24
numberOfGamesScheduled 24
organizer FIDE
partOf Classical World Chess Championship cycle
player Anatoly Karpov
Garry Kasparov
previousEdition World Chess Championship 1984
regulationChangeComparedToPrevious shorter match length and revised conditions after 1984 match controversy
result Garry Kasparov defeated Anatoly Karpov
sport chess
startDate 1985-09-03
timeControl classical
titleContested World Chess Champion
titleHolder Anatoly Karpov
venue Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
winner Garry Kasparov
winnerScore 13
worldChampionAfterEvent Garry Kasparov
worldChampionBeforeEvent Anatoly Karpov
year 1985

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Garry Kasparov defeatedInEvent World Chess Championship 1985
World Chess Championship 1985 chronologicalOrderInChampionshipHistory World Chess Championship 1985 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 41st World Chess Championship match