Championship Match
The match was played over 6 games (on January 2-3-4 and 6-7-8) and ended in a 3-3 tie. Two rapid games were then played on January 9. Karpov won both, retaining his title.
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World Chess Championship Match 1998 Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 R1 R2 Points Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2735 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 5 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2770 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 3
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