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 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 → 41st World Chess Championship match ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship 1985