Anatoly Karpov the 12th world champion took advantage of
automatic rematch clause when he lost his title to
Garry
Kasparov in 1985 by a score of 11 - 13. Karpov got a
rematch
in 1986 against Garry Kasparov. Karpov lost the rematch by a score of
11.5 - 12.5. Karpov also took advantage of the rights of an ex challenger of
the world title one match remove from the challenge.
In 1987 Karpov was
automatically seeded into the final candidate
match
against Alexi Sokolov. Karpov won this match by a score of
7.5-3.5. Karpov went on to lose his
1987
challenge to World Champion Garry Kasparov by score of 12-12. In
1990 Karpov again got seeded into the quarterfinal candidates process.
Karpov went on to lose his
1990
challenge to World Champion Garry Kasparov by a score of 11.5 - 12.5.
In 1993 Karpov again got seed into the quarterfinal candidate process, he
lost in the
1993
semifinal candidate match to Nigel Short by a score of 4 - 6. In 1997,
Karpov as 1996 FIDE Champion was seeded in the finals of the 1997 FIDE KO
Championships. Anand fought his way thru rounds 2 thru 7 and had to
play Karpov in the final. The exhausted Anand lost
by a score of 3-5.
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