Garry Kasparov defeats
Viswanathan Anand 10½-7½ in New York to win the
PCA World Chess Championship 1995. The match swings first to Anand, when he takes a 5-4 lead and then to Kasparov, as he then wins four of the next five games and turns the tables in dramatic fashion. The match is preceded by Anand's 6½-4½ victory over
Gata Kamsky in the qualifier.
Kasparov wins at Novgorod (6½/9), ahead of Short, who shared second.
The
Horgen tournament is shared between Kramnik and Ivanchuk with 7/10. Kasparov can only manage fifth and Anand does not play at all, after falling out with the organisers.
In the Grand Prix series of tournaments, Ivanchuk is successful in Moscow, Adams in London and Kasparov at the New York and Paris events.
The body of
Gilles Andruet, former French Champion, is found near Paris. He was the son of famous French Rally Car Driver,
Jean-Claude Andruet. Three men later stand trial for his murder.
In the world of
Computer chess, Kasparov is engaged for two more 'man-machine' contests. He gains revenge for his earlier defeat to Chess Genius, beating the Pentium-run program in a 2-game rapid match, held in
Cologne. The later contest against Fritz is branded a farce, when the machine's operator slips up and plays the wrong move. Referee
Stewart Reuben will not allow the move to be retracted.