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Karpov, Anatoly vs Kasparov, Gary

World Championship 32th-KK2 • Moscow • 1985

K vs K — WCh 1985Top 100

1985. The greatest rivalry in chess history. Karpov vs Kasparov's World Championship battles spanned five matches and 144 games over five years. Their contrasting styles — Karpov's boa constrictor positional play vs Kasparov's dynamic attacking genius — produced some of the deepest chess ever played.

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World Championship 32th-KK2

Karpov, Anatoly vs Kasparov, Gary
Moscow • 1985
1/2-1/2
Start
White King
Black King
End
1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be74.Nf3Nf65.Bg5h66.Bh4O-O7.e3b68.Be2Bb79.Bxf6Bxf610.cxd5exd511.b4c512.bxc5bxc513.Rb1Bc614.O-ONd715.Bb5Qc716.Qd3Rfd817.Rfd1Rab818.Bxc6Qxc619.Rxb8Rxb820.dxc5Bxc321.Qxc3Qxc522.Qxc5Nxc523.h3Ne424.Rxd5Rb1+25.Kh2Nxf226.Rd8+Kh727.Rd7a528.Rxf7Rb229.a4Nd130.Re7Rb431.Nd4Nxe332.Nc6Rc433.Rxe3Rxc634.Re5Rc335.Rxa5Ra336.h4Kg637.g4Kf638.Rf5+Ke639.Rf4g540.hxg5hxg541.Rb4Ke542.Kg2Ra2+43.Kf3Ra3+44.Ke2Rg345.Kd2Rg2+46.Ke3Rg3+47.Ke2Ra348.Kd2Rg349.Rc4Kd51/2-1/2

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Result

1/2-1/2

Draw

Moves

49

Opening

D58

Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense

Date

1985.??.??

Moves

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