Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 10:50:29 10/25/00
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On October 25, 2000 at 12:44:25, Charles Milton Ling wrote: >Aren't we talking about World Championships here (however defined)? (I.e. not >stages leading to the final.) >Karpov-Korchnoi cannot have been 1974, it must have been either 1975 or 1978. >I am frankly amazed that all you people with those gigantic databases have not >found an answer yet. (For me, it would entail looking up a lot of things in a >lot of books and, yes, I am too lazy.) > >Charley It _was_ 1974,that match was played to select Fischer's challenger. As Fischer refused to play the winner [Karpov],the Russian GM was declared by FIDE the new world Champion in 1975.[At that time FIDE's president was the former titleholder(1935-1937)Max Euwe,from the Netherlands]. JAFM [ To find out the shortest decisive game in the World Championships I have neither the means nor the interest. ]
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