World Chess Championship 1993

Professional Chess Association World Chess Championship 1993

	Defending champion	Challenger
	Garry Kasparov	Nigel Short
	12½ Scores 7½
	Born 13 April 1963 30 years old	Born 1 June 1965 28 years old
	Winner of the 1990 World Chess Championship	Winner of the 1993 Candidates Tournament
	Rating: 2815 (World No. 1)	Rating: 2685 (World No. 10)
← 1990 1995 (PCA) →

FIDE World Chess Championship 1993

	Defending champion	Challenger
	Anatoly Karpov	Jan Timman
	12½ Scores 8½
	Born 23 May 1951 42 years old	Born 14 December 1951 41 years old
	Runner-up of the 1990 World Chess Championship (replacement for Garry Kasparov)	Runner-up of the 1993 Candidates Tournament (replacement for Nigel Short)
	Rating: 2760 (World No. 2)	Rating: 2620 (World No. 33)
← 1990 1996 (FIDE) →

The World Chess Championship 1993 was one of the most controversial matches in chess history, with incumbent World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, and official challenger Nigel Short, splitting from FIDE, the official world governing body of chess, and playing their title match under the auspices of the Professional Chess Association. In response, FIDE stripped Kasparov of his title, and instead held a title match between Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman.

The matches were won by Kasparov and Karpov respectively. For the first time in history, there were two rival World Chess Champions, a situation which persisted until the World Chess Championship 2006.