World Chess Championship 1993

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 TournamentRating: 2815
(World No. 1)Rating: 2685
(World No. 10) 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)

The World Chess Championship 1993 was one of the most controversial matches in chess history, with incumbent World Chess ChampionGarry 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.