1990 Championship Match
The first twelve games were played in New York (8 October – 7 November), the other twelve taking place in Lyon, France (26 November – 30 December).
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World Chess Championship Match 1990 Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total Anatoly Karpov (USSR) 2730 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 11½ Garry Kasparov (Russia) 2800 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 12½
Kasparov won and retained his title.
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