The 1978 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Baguio City, Phillipines from July 18 to October 18, 1978]]. Karpov won.

Results

The first player to win 6 games would be Champion.

World Chess Championship Match 1978
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Wins
 Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union) = = = = = = = 1 = = style="background:black; color:white"| 0 = 1 1 = = 1 = = = 0 = = = = = 1 0 0 = 0 1 6
Viktor Korchnoi [stateless] = = = = = = = 0 = style="background:black; color:white"| = 1 = 0 0 = = 0 = = = 1 = = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 0 5

Karpov won.