The World - News from Feb. 27, 1985

The president of the International Chess Federation said he has turned down a formal request from world champion Anatoly Karpov to reconsider the unprecedented halting of the marathon title match in Moscow between Karpov and challenger Gary Kasparov. Florencio Campomanes said in Manila that the match was stopped after a record 48 games because “there was a definite deterioration in the quality of the games.” A new match between the two players is scheduled for September. Karpov, 33, was one game short of victory when the match was halted.