| FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1972-1975 |
[ Competition summary || European zonal 1 | European zonal 2 | European zonal 3 | Soviet zonal | US zonal | Canadian zonal | Central American zonal | South American zonal | West Asian zonal | South-East Asian zonal ||
|| Leningrad interzonal | Petropolis interzonal || Candidates QF | Candidates SF | Candidates F || WCh match ]
| World Championship match :: 1975 |
<< [ Match Results | Information ]
| name | Elo | Flag | pts |
| GM Karpov, Anatoly | 2705 | |
+w/o |
| GM Fischer, Robert James | 2780 | |
-w/o |
| World Championship match | |
| Dates: | 3rd April 1975 (Karpov declared the winner) |
| City: | Manilla (planned) |
| Venue: | — |
| Organizers: | FIDE |
| Chief Arbiter: | — |
| Competition format: | The format was a source of disagreement and ultimately led to Fischer’s resignation of the title. Fischer insisted on the following terms: the first player to score 10 wins would become World Champion, while Fischer would retain the title in the event of a 9–9 tie. FIDE and Karpov refused to accept the second condition, as it would effectively have given the reigning Champion a two-point handicap. |
| Eligible: | World Champion: Fischer Winner of 1975 World Championship final: Karpov. |
| Time control: | |
| Other websites: | Wikipedia |
| PGN game file: | — |