1998 FIDE Chess Championship
Anatoly Karpov (Russia) vs. Viswanathan Anand (India)
Lausanne
January, 1998
Conditions: Best of 6 Games.
In the event of a 3-3 tie, the match is decided with a
series of 2 games Rapids matches
| 1996
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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Score
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| Karpov
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1
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0
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½
|
1
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½
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0
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1
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1
|
|
5
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| Anand
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0
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1
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½
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0
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½
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1
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0
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0
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3
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Result: Anatoly Karpov retains the FIDE Championship.
At the time of this match, Karpov was the world's #6 player, rated 2735.
Anand was the world's #3 player, rated 2770.
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