The World Chess Championship 1984 was a match between challenger Garry Kasparov and defending champion Anatoly Karpov. After 5 months and 48 games, the match was eventually abandoned in controversial circumstances with Karpov leading 5-3 (and 40 draws), and replayed in the World Chess Championship 1985.
Three Interzonal tournaments were held. The top two finishers in each...