FIDE World Chess Championship 1996
The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion.
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Defending champion |
Challenger | |||||
| Anatoly Karpov | Gata Kamsky | |||||
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Born 23 May 1951 45 years old |
Born 2 June 1974 22 years old | |||||
| Winner of the Candidates Match against Boris Gelfand | Winner of the Candidates Match against Valery Salov | |||||
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Rating: 2770 (World No. 3) |
Rating: 2735 (World No. 5) | |||||
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