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Garry Kasparov becomes World Chess Champion

At the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Garry Kasparov is on the verge of defeating Anatoly Karpov in the final match of the World Chess Championship, becoming the youngest world champion in history.

Year 1985
Date 11/9
Location Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
tax:games-and-sport

Key Figures

Garry Kasparov Anatoly Karpov Chess Official Spectator
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 401 linked moments

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1997 · same figure
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Garry Kasparov wins the 1985 World Chess Championship
1985 · contemporaneous
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Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov (1997)
1997 · same figure
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Second ACM Computer Chess Championship
1974 · same figure
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2010 Los Angeles Marathon
2010 · same figure
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Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov
1997 · same figure
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Kasparov vs. Karpov World Chess Championship 1984 begins
1984 · same figure
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Garry Kasparov defeats Deep Blue
1996 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same figure
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same figure
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Oliver North Convicted on Iran-Contra Charges
1989 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Launch
1986 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Columbia launch
1981 · same figure
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STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · same figure
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Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1)
1981 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same figure
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Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same figure
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Launch of Apollo 11 (Saturn V)
1969 · same figure
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (STS-51-L)
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (STS-51-L)
1986 · same figure
Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov
Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov
1997 · same figure
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Garry Kasparov wins the 1985 World Chess Championship
1985 · contemporaneous
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Kasparov vs. Karpov World Chess Championship 1984 begins
1984 · same era
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Stanislav Petrov Nuclear False Alarm Incident
1983 · same era
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Kasparov vs. Karpov World Chess Championship 1984 begins
1984 · follows
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Stanislav Petrov Nuclear False Alarm Incident
1983 · follows
D
Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov (1997)
1997 · same figure
S
Second ACM Computer Chess Championship
1974 · same figure
2
2010 Los Angeles Marathon
2010 · same figure
D
Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov
1997 · same figure
K
Kasparov vs. Karpov World Chess Championship 1984 begins
1984 · same figure
G
Garry Kasparov defeats Deep Blue
1996 · same figure
S
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same figure
S
STS-1 Launch
1981 · same figure
S
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same figure
O
Oliver North Convicted on Iran-Contra Charges
1989 · same figure