1987 in chess

Events in chess in 1987.

Events

7 October – 19 December. World champion Garry Kasparov defends his title against challenger Anatoly Karpov in the 1987 World Championship in Seville. Kasparov was down 11–12 but won the 24th and final game of the match to tie and retain the title.

The inaugural Australasian Masters chess tournament is won by Grandmaster Darryl Johansen in 1987. This annual invitational event has been Australia's only round robin grandmaster event since 2013.

Births

Deaths

Vladimir Alatortsev, Russian Grandmaster and chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1959 to 1961.
Yakov Estrin, Russian International Master, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster and International Correspondence Chess Federation World Champion, 1972–1976.
Narelle Kellner, Australian Woman International Master and two-time Australian Women's Champion.
Józsa Lángos, Hungarian Woman International Master and eight-time winner of the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship.
Zsuzsa Makai, Hungarian and Romanian Woman International Master, two-time Olympian and Hungarian Women's Champion.
Stepan Popel, Ukrainian and American chess player.
Ignatz von Popiel, Polish-Ukrainian chess player.
Salme Rootare, Estonian Woman International Master and fifteen-time Estonian Women's Champion.
Boris Rõtov, Russian-Estonian chess player and 1978 Estonian Champion.
George Wheatcroft, English chess player, winner of the 1935 British Correspondence Chess Championship and President of the British Chess Federation from 1953 to 1956.
Mikhail Yudovich, Russian International Master, Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess, and chess writer.