1996 Championship Final
The final was held in Elista, Russia, and played as best of 20 games.
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FIDE World Chess Championship Match 1995 Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2770 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 10½ Gata Kamsky (United States) 2735 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½
Karpov won and retained his title.
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