Kasparov - Short PCA World Championship Match caricature

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 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 match was convincingly won by Garry Kasparov (+6−1=13) – the largest margin of victory in a world title contest since Botvinnik defeated Tal in 1961. For the first time in history, there were two rival World Chess Champions, a situation which persisted until the World Chess Championship 2006.