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Kasparov, Gary vs Karpov, Anatoly

World Championship 35th-KK5 • Lyon/New York • 1990

The Final K-K Battle — WCh 1990Top 100

New York/Lyon 1990. The fifth and final Karpov-Kasparov World Championship match was a worthy conclusion to the greatest rivalry in chess. After 144 games across five matches over six years, Kasparov retained his title — ending the most intense competitive battle the game has ever seen.

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World Championship 35th-KK5

Kasparov, Gary vs Karpov, Anatoly
Lyon/New York • 1990
1-0
Start
White King
Black King
End
1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.O-OBe76.Re1b57.Bb3d68.c3O-O9.h3Bb710.d4Re811.Nbd2Bf812.a4h613.Bc2exd414.cxd4Nb415.Bb1c516.d5Nd717.Ra3f518.Rae3Nf619.Nh2Kh820.b3bxa421.bxa4c422.Bb2fxe423.Nxe4Nfxd524.Rg3Re625.Ng4Qe826.Nxh6c327.Nf5cxb228.Qg4Bc829.Qh4+Rh630.Nxh6gxh631.Kh2Qe532.Ng5Qf633.Re8Bf534.Qxh6+Qxh635.Nf7+Kh736.Bxf5+Qg637.Bxg6+Kg738.Rxa8Be739.Rb8a540.Be4+Kxf741.Bxd5+1-0

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Result

1-0

White wins

Moves

41

Opening

C92

Ruy Lopez: Closed

Date

1990.??.??

Moves

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