A Look Back at Karpov-Timman, 1993
Last week Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman contested a friendly four game match, won by Timman 2.5-1.5 after a win in game 3. The match wasn't particularly memorable and little was at stake, but it harkened back to a time when they were both at or near the absolute top of the chess world. This was mostly true for Karpov and especially true for Timman in 1993, when they fought for the then-vacated FIDE World Championship title in the wake of Garry Kasparov's and Nigel Short's secession. That match - the Karpov-Timman one - is the subject of my World Chess column this week.