1978 Championship Match
The first player to win six games would be Champion.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | Wins | Total | |
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| Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union) | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16½ |
| Viktor Korchnoi (stateless) | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15½ |
Karpov won, retaining his title.
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