Following the split in the world chess championship in 1993, there were two rival world titles: the official FIDE world title, and the PCA world title held by Garry Kasparov.
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So instead a match was organised between Kramnik and the next person in the ratings list, Alexei Shirov, from 24 May to 5 June 1998 in Cazorla, Spain.
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