1. c4 e6 2. Pc3 d5 3. d4 Pf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Lg5 Le7 6. e3 O-O 7. Ld3 Pbd7 8. Pf3 Te8 9. Dc2 c6 10. O-O Pf8 11. Lxf6 Lxf6 12. b4 Lg4 13. Pd2 Tc8 14. Lf5 Lxf5 15. Dxf5 Dd7 16. Dxd7 Pxd7 It seems to be drawn, but Korchnoi has just started. 17. a4 Le7 18. Tfb1 Pf6 19. a5 a6 20. Pa4 Lf8 21. Pc5 Te7 The attack on the queenside ended. Gaining territory becomes the aim. 22. Kf1 Pe8 23. Ke2 Pd6 24. Kd3 Tce8 25. Te1 g6 26. Te2 f6 27. Tae1 Lh6 28. Pdb3 Lf8 29. Pd2 Lh6 30. h3 Kf7 31. g4 Lf8 32. f3 Td8 33. Pdb3 Pb5 34. Tf1 Lh6 35. f4 Lf8 36. Pd2 Pd6 37. Tfe1 h6 38. Tf1 Tb8 39. Ta1 Tbe8 40. Tae1 Tb8?! Black allows an advance in the centre. 41. e4! dxe4+ 42. Pdxe4 Pb5 43. Pc3 Txe2 44. Txe2 Lxc5 45. bxc5 Td8 46. Pxb5 axb5 47. f5! The fight for terrain continues in the rook ending. 47... gxf5 48. gxf5 Tg8! Korchnoi and his seconds have prepared a surprise. 49. Kc3! The obvious 49. d5 Td8 50. d6 Te8 draws quickly. 49... Te8 Korchnoi analyses 49... Tg3+!? 50. Kb4 Txh3 51. a6! bxa6 52. d5! Th4+! 53. Ka5 cxd5 54. Tc2 d4! 55. c6 d3 56. c7 dxc2 57. c8=D Tc4 58. De6+ Kf8 59. Dxf6+ Ke8 60. De6+ Kd8 61. Dd6+ Kc8 62. Dxa6+ Kd8 Black narrowly escapes. 50. Td2 Te4! 51. Kb4 Ke8 52. a6! bxa6 53. Ka5 Kd7 54. Kb6! b4 55. d5 cxd5 56. Txd5+ Kc8 57. Td3! Korchnoi investigates this position in his book about rook endings. 57... a5? Karpov makes the decisive error. Correct is 57... Tc4! 58. c6 Tc3 59. Td6!? b3 60. Txf6 Kd8 (Korchnoi). 58. Tg3 b3?! The variation 58... Tc4 59. c6 Kd8 60. c7+ Ke7! 61. Kb7 Kd6! draws, according to Timman. However, 62. c8=D Txc8 63. Kxc8 wins. See for instance 63... Kc5 64. Kc7 a4 65. Tg6! a3 66. Txf6 b3 67. Tc6+ Kd5 68. f6 a2 69. Td6+! Ke5 70. f7 a1=D 71. f8=D Da7+ 72. Kc6 Da6+ 73. Kd7 Db7+ 74. Ke8 Dc8+ 75. Td8 59. Kc6! Karpov has missed this move. 59... Kb8 59... Kd8 60. Txb3 a4 61. Tb8+ Ke7 62. Tb7+ Kd8 63. Kd6 Td4+ 64. Ke6+- (Korchnoi). 60. Txb3+ Ka7 61. Tb7+ Ka6 62. Tb6+ Ka7 63. Kb5 a4 64. Txf6 Tf4 65. Txh6 a3 66. Ta6+ Kb8 67. Txa3 Txf5 68. Tg3 Tf6 69. Tg8+ Kc7 70. Tg7+ Kc8 71. Th7 Korchnoi won the best endgame of his career. The score had become 5-5. Was Tolya exhausted? The answer came in the next game. 1-0 [JvR]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Pf6 3. Pc3 g6 4. Pf3 Lg7 5. Le2 O-O 6. O-O c5 Black plays a little known tactical opening. 7. d5 Pa6 8. Lf4 Pc7 White prepares e5 and Black ..b5. 9. a4 b6 10. Te1 Lb7 11. Lc4 Ph5!? 12. Lg5 Pf6?! Theory will become 12... h6 13. Lh4 g5 14. Pd2 Pf4 15. Lg3 (Holzapfel-Borik, Bundesliga 1987). 13. Dd3 a6 14. Tad1 Tb8?! Square e5 is controlled by 14... Pg4! 15. h3 Pe5 16. Pxe5 Lxe5 15. h3?! Karpov hesitates. Control over the central area gives 15. e5! dxe5 16. Pxe5 Dd6 17. Pc6 Lxc6 18. dxc6 Dxc6 19. Txe7 15... Pd7 16. De3 La8 17. Lh6 b5! 18. Lxg7 Kxg7 19. Lf1 Pf6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Pe2 Lb7 22. Pg3 Ta8 23. c3 Ta4 24. Ld3 Da8? Black properly defends in 24... Dd7! 25. e5 Pg8! 26. e6 fxe6 27. dxe6 De8 25. e5! dxe5 The pointe is 25... Pfxd5? 26. Ph5+! gxh5 27. Dg5+ Kh8 28. Df5 (Karpov). 26. Dxe5 Pcxd5 27. Lxb5 Ta7 28. Ph4 Lc8?! Full counter-play gives 28... Db8! 29. Dg5 (29. c4 Dxe5 30. Txe5 (Filip) 30... Ta5) 29... Kg8! 30. c4 Df4 31. Dxf4 Pxf4 32. Txe7 Tb8! 29. Le2!? Le6 30. c4 Pb4 31. Dxc5 Db8 32. Lf1 Black has a last chance. 32... Tc8? Correct is 32... h6! (Filip) 33. Pf3 Tc8 34. De5 Pc6 35. Dxb8 Txb8 33. Dg5 Kh8 34. Td2 Pc6 35. Dh6 Tg8 36. Pf3 Df8 37. De3 Kg7 38. Pg5 Ld7 39. b4 Da8 40. b5 Pa5 41. b6 Tb7 Karpov had won with 6-5. The match of hatred had ended. 1-0 [JvR]

Korchnoi played the candidates' matches in 1980. He defeated Petrosian first. Polugaevsky gave great resistance in the semifinal. Finally, Huebner could not bear the tension of the final. Before Korchnoi played against the world champion, his son Igor was sent to Siberia. again the tone was set, when the match began.

1. c4 e6 2. Pc3 d5 3. d4 Le7 4. Pf3 Pf6 5. Lg5 h6 6. Lh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Tc1 Lb7 9. Le2!? Pbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Dc2 Tc8 14. Tfd1 Db6 15. Db1?! Better is 15. b3 15... Tfd8 16. Tc2 De6 17. Lg3?! Equality is kept by 17. Tcd2! Pe4! 18. Pxe4 dxe4 19. Lxe7 exf3 (Botvinnik), and now 20. Lb5! Le4 21. Dc1 Dxe7 22. Txd7 Txd7 23. Txd7 De6 24. Dc4 17... Ph5 18. Tcd2 Pxg3 19. hxg3 Pf6 20. Dc2 g6 21. Da4 a6 22. Ld3?! Kg7 23. Lb1?! Db6 24. a3? Passive moves are answered by punishment. 24... d4! 25. Pe2 The point is 25. exd4 Lc6! 26. Dc4 Lxf3 27. gxf3 cxd4 (Botvinnik). 25... dxe3 26. fxe3 c4 27. Ped4 Dc7 28. Ph4 De5 29. Kh1 Kg8 30. Pdf3 Dxg3 31. Txd8+ Lxd8 32. Db4 Le4 33. Lxe4 Pxe4 34. Td4 Pf2+ 35. Kg1 Pd3 36. Db7 Tb8 37. Dd7 Lc7 Black threatens 38...Df2+. 38. Kh1 Txb2 39. Txd3 cxd3 40. Dxd3 Dd6 41. De4 Dd1+ 42. Pg1 Dd6 43. Phf3 Tb5 0-1 [JvR]

1. e4 e5 2. Pf3 Pf6 3. Pxe5 d6 4. Pf3 Pxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ld3 Le7 7. O-O Pc6 8. Te1 Lf5 9. Lb5 Lf6! 10. Pbd2 O-O 11. Pf1 Pe7 12. c3 Pg6 13. Ld3 Pd6 14. Lxf5 Pxf5 15. Db3 b6 16. Db5 a6 17. Dd3 Dd7 18. Pg3 Pxg3 19. hxg3 a5 20. Lg5 Lxg5 21. Pxg5 Tfe8 22. b3 Tad8 23. Pf3 f6 24. Pd2 Kf7 25. Pf1 h5?! Weakens the kingside. 26. Txe8 Txe8 27. Df3 Th8 28. Pe3 Pe7 29. Te1 g6 30. Df4 Kg7 31. g4 g5 32. Df3 hxg4 33. Pxg4 Dd6 34. g3 c6 35. c4 f5?! Lifts the control over e5. 36. De3! Pg6! 37. c5 Dd8? Korchnoi defends poorly. Correct is 37... bxc5! 38. dxc5 Dd8 39. Dd4+ Kf7 40. Pe5+ Pxe5 41. Dxe5 (Kavalek), and now 41... Kg6! 42. De6+ Df6 43. Dd7 Td8! 38. Pe5 bxc5 39. Pxc6 Df6 40. De6 cxd4 41. Dxd5 d3 42. Dd7+ Df7 43. Pe7 Kh7 44. Kg2! White prepares the next move. 44... Te8 45. Th1+ Ph4+ 46. gxh4 Dxe7 47. Dxf5+ Kg7 48. hxg5 Db7+ 49. f3 Te2+ 50. Kf1 Kg8 51. Dxd3 Te6 52. Dd8+ Kg7 53. Dd4+ 1-0 [JvR]

1. c4 e6 2. Pc3 d5 3. d4 Le7 4. Pf3 Pf6 5. Lg5 h6 6. Lh4 O-O 7. Tc1 dxc4 8. e3 c5 9. Lxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Pc6 11. O-O Ph5 12. Lxe7 Pxe7 13. Lb3 Pf6 14. Pe5 Ld7 15. De2 Tc8 16. Pe4?! Exchanges support Black. 16... Pxe4 17. Dxe4 Lc6! 18. Pxc6 Txc6 19. Tc3?! Equality keeps 19. Txc6 Pxc6 (or 19... bxc6 20. Tc1) 20. d5 19... Dd6 20. g3 Td8 21. Td1 Tb6! 22. De1?! The queen is deactivated. 22... Dd7 23. Tcd3 Td6 24. De4 Dc6! 25. Df4 Pd5 26. Dd2 Db6 27. Lxd5? Correct is 27. a3 27... Txd5 Black's heavy pieces gain control. 28. Tb3?! Dc6 29. Dc3 Dd7 30. f4!? White has to prevent ..e5. 30... b6! 31. Tb4 b5 32. a4 bxa4 33. Da3 a5! 34. Txa4 Db5! White pieces are standing off-side. Black takes advantage. 35. Td2 e5! 36. fxe5 Txe5 37. Da1 De8!! Black threatens ..Te1+. Korcnoi is helpless. 38. dxe5 Txd2 39. Txa5 Dc6 40. Ta8+ Kh7 41. Db1+ g6 42. Df1 Dc5+ 43. Kh1 Dd5+ Karpov had taken a lead of 4-1 in won games. 0-1 [JvR]

1. c4 e6 2. Pc3 d5 3. d4 Le7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Lf4 c6 6. e3 Lf5 7. g4 Le6 8. h3 Pf6 9. Pf3 O-O 10. Ld3 c5 11. Kf1 Pc6 12. Kg2 Tc8 12... cxd4 was played in Botvinnik-Petrosian (14), Moscow 1964. 13. Tc1 Te8 14. dxc5 Lxc5 15. Pb5 Lf8 16. Pfd4 Pxd4?! Commentators prefer 16... Db6 17. Pxe6 fxe6 18. g5 Pe4 17. Txc8 Dxc8 18. exd4 Dd7 19. Pc7 Tc8 20. Pxe6 fxe6 21. Te1 a6? Better is 21... Lb4 22. Te2 Ld6 22. g5 Pe4?! 23. Dg4! Less promising is 23. Lxe4 dxe4 24. Txe4 Dd5 (Unzicker). 23... Lb4 24. Te2 Tf8 25. f3 Df7! Karpov avoids the devastating 25... Pd6? 26. a3 La5 27. Lxd6 Dxd6 28. Dh5! g6 29. Lxg6! 26. Le5 Pd2 27. a3 Pxf3 28. g6? The defence line is crushed by 28. Lg3! Ph4+! 29. Kh2 Pf3+ 30. Kh1! Ld2 31. Ld6 Tc8 32. Lc5 b6 33. g6! hxg6 34. Lxg6 Df6 35. Txe6 28... hxg6 29. Lg3 Karpov seems to be lost, but ... 29... Le7? He misses the wonderful escape 29... Ph4+! 30. Kh2 Pf3+ 31. Kh1 Ph4!! 32. Dxh4 (32. Tf2 Pf5) 32... Df3+ 33. Tg2 Dxd3 34. axb4 Tf1+ 35. Kh2 Dd1= (Tal). 30. Tf2! Pe1+ 31. Kh2 Dxf2+ 32. Lxf2 Pxd3 33. Dxe6+ Tf7 34. Lg3 Pxb2 35. Dxd5 Lf6 36. Ld6 g5 37. Db3 Lxd4 38. De6 g6 39. De8+ Kg7 40. Le5+ Lxe5+ 41. Dxe5+ Kh7 Korchnoi achieved an entertaining win. The score became 4-2. Karpov scored the decisive victory in game eighteen. He won with 6-2. Ten draws didn't count. The match was called a massacre. 1-0 [JvR]

Korchnoi easily defeated Portisch in the quarterfinal two years later. He met the new great talent Kasparov in the semifinal of the candidates' matches after many organisational difficulties.

1. d4 Pf6 2. c4 e6 3. Pf3 b6 4. Pc3 Lb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Pxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Lb5+ c6 9. Ld3 Lg7 10. e4! Pxc3 11. bxc3 c5! He improves on 11... O-O (Ftacnik-Adorjan, Banja Luka 1983). 12. Lg5!? Dd6 13. e5!? Dd7 14. dxc5?! Wiser is 14. O-O 14... O-O! 15. cxb6 axb6 16. O-O Dc7 Weak pawns become targets. 17. Lb5 Lxe5 18. Lh6!? Lg7 Black avoids the wild 18... Td8! 19. Pxe5 Txd1 (Kasparov) 20. Tfxd1 19. Lxg7 Kxg7 20. Dd4+ Kg8 White can start an attack on the kingside. 21. Pg5? Right is 21. Pe5 Td8 22. Dh4! Td5 23. Pg4 Txb5 24. Tad1 Td5! 25. c4 Td6 26. Pf6+ Kf8 (Kasparov), and now 27. Dh6+ Ke7 28. Dg5 Kf8 29. Dh6+ with perpetual check. 21... h6 22. Pe4 Lxe4 23. Dxe4 Pa6! 24. De3?! Dc5! 25. Dxc5 Pxc5 The knight has reached a strong square. Black has the better ending. 26. Tfb1 Tfd8 27. Lf1 Td6 28. Tb4 Kf8 29. a4?! The exchanges 29. Tab1 Txa3 30. Txb6 Txb6 31. Txb6 Txc3 might help White (Kasparov). 29... Ta5 30. g3 Ke7 31. Kg2 f5 32. Lb5 Td2?! Better is 32... e5! 33. Td4? 33. Lc4! Pd7 34. Te1 Td6 restricts Black. 33... Txd4 34. cxd4 Pxa4 35. Txa4 Txb5 36. Ta7+ Kd6 37. Th7 h5 38. Tg7 Td5 39. Txg6 b5 40. Kf3 b4 41. Ke3 b3 42. Kd2 Txd4+ 43. Kc3 b2 44. Kxb2 Td2+ 45. Kc3 Txf2 46. h4 f4! A powerful move ends the game. 47. Tg5 Tf3+ 48. Kd4 Txg3 49. Txh5 Te3 50. Th6 Ke7 51. h5 e5+ 52. Kd5 f3 The experienced player had a good start. Four draws followed. 0-1 [JvR]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Pf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Pc6 6. Lg2 Pf6 7. O-O Le7 8. Le3 c4 9. Pe5 O-O 10. b3 cxb3 11. Dxb3 Db6 12. Tc1 Dxb3 13. axb3 Pb4 14. Pa3!? White exerts slight pressure on the queenside. 14... a6 15. Ld2 Tb8 16. Lxb4 Lxb4 17. Pd3 Ld6 18. Pc2 Lg4 19. Kf1 Lf5 20. Pc5 Tfc8 21. Pe3 Le6 22. b4 Kf8 23. Tc2 Ke7 24. Ke1 h5 25. Tb2 Tc7 26. Pd3 Ta8! Active consolidation prepares a flexible response. Korchnoi accepts the challenge. 27. b5!? a5 28. b6 Tc6 29. Tb5 a4 30. Pxd5+!? Pxd5 31. Lxd5 Lxd5 32. Txd5 Txb6 33. Txh5 Tb3 34. Kd2 b5 Black has positional compensation for the pawn. 35. h4? White chooses the wrong strategy. The advance on the kingside goes too slow. Action in the centre starts with 35. e4! 35... Tc8 36. g4?! 36. Tg5! g6 37. e4! changes the strategy. 36... a3 37. f4 Tcc3 38. Td5 Ke6 39. Th5 b4 40. Ta5 Txd3+ 41. exd3 Lxf4+ 42. Ke2 Tc3! Korchnoi expected 42... Tb2+ 43. Kf3 Ld2 44. Ke4 and White will deliver perpetual check. 43. g5?! White can draw by 43. Kf3! Ld6 44. Ke4 b3 45. T5xa3 Lxa3 46. Txa3 (Kasparov). 43... Lc1 44. h5 b3! 45. T5xa3 Lxa3 46. Txa3 Black has tactical chances in the rook ending. 46... b2! 47. Ta6+ Kf5 48. Tb6 Tc2+ 49. Ke3 Kxg5 50. d5 Kxh5 51. Kd4 51. d6?? Tc6! 51... g5 52. Tb8 g4 53. d6 Tc6 54. Ke5 Tc5+ 55. Kf6 g3 56. Txb2 Td5 57. Kxf7 Txd6 58. Td2 Kg4 59. d4 Kf5 60. Ke7 Td5 Great problems are set by 60... Tg6! 61. Tg2! Ke4 62. Kf7 Tg4 63. Ke6 Kf3 but 64. Txg3+! Txg3 65. d5 Ke4 66. d6 Tg6+ 67. Ke7 Ke5 68. d7 Tg7+ 69. Ke8 Ke6 70. d8=P+ achieves the draw. 61. Td3 Kf4 62. Ke6 Tg5 63. d5? The obvious move causes defeat. Correct is 63. Td1! g2 64. Tg1 Ke4 65. d5 Tg6+ 66. Kf7= 63... Tg6+! Not 63... g2? 64. Td4+ 64. Ke7 g2 65. Td1 Ke5 66. d6 Te6+! 67. Kd7 Txd6+ 68. Txd6 g1=D 69. Te6+ Kf5 70. Td6 Da7+ 71. Kd8 Ke5 72. Tg6 Da5+ 73. Kd7 Da4+ 74. Ke7 Dh4+ 75. Kf8 Dd8+ 76. Kf7 Kf5 77. Th6 Dd7+ 0-1 [JvR]

1. d4 Pf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Lg2 dxc4 5. Pf3 Ld7 6. Dc2 c5 7. O-O Lc6 8. Dxc4 Pbd7 9. Lg5 Tc8 10. Lxf6 Pxf6 11. dxc5 Lxf3 12. Lxf3 Lxc5 13. Db5+ Dd7 14. Pc3 Dxb5 15. Pxb5 White pressures on the queenside. 15... Ke7 A fine alternative brings 15... O-O! 16. Tac1 Pd5 17. Tfd1 a6 18. Pc3 Pxc3 19. Txc3 b6 20. Lb7 Tcd8 21. Txd8 Txd8 22. Lxa6 Td2 23. Tb3 White has won a pawn, but Black will survive. 16. b4!! Lxb4 17. Pxa7 Tc7? Correct is 17... Ta8 18. Pb5 Ta5 19. a4 Tb8 (Korchnoi). 18. Tfc1 Td7?! The last chance gives 18... Txc1+ 19. Txc1 Ta8 20. Tc7+ Kf8 21. Txb7 Lc5 22. Pc6 Txa2 23. Pe5 Kg8 24. Pxf7 h6 19. Tab1 Ld2 20. Tc2 Thd8 Black has to lose a pawn due to 20... Tb8 21. Pc6+! 21. Lxb7 Kf8 22. Pc6 Tc7 23. Tbb2 Td6 24. a4 Le1 25. Tb1 Pd5 26. La8 Tc8 27. Lb7 Tc7 28. Tc4 Pe7 29. Pe5 La5 30. Tb5 Pg6 31. Pc6 Td1+ 32. Kg2 Le1 33. a5 Pe7 34. a6 Pxc6 35. Txc6 Txc6 36. Lxc6 Ta1 37. Tb8+ Ke7 38. Tb7+ Kd6 39. Lb5 Lc3 40. Txf7 Lf6 41. Td7+ Kc5 42. Ld3 h6 43. Tb7 Ta3 44. a7 Kd5 45. f3 Kd6 46. Tb6+ Kasparov had taken the lead in a grand manner. He had defeated Korchnoi in his speciality of solid positional play. 46. Tb6+ Kc7 47. Ta6 Txa6 48. Lxa6 wins elegantly. 1-0 [JvR]

1. d4 Pf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5!? Korchnoi needs to win. 6. Lg2 d6 7. b4! Pa6 8. bxc5 Pxc5 9. Pf3 g6 10. O-O Lg7 11. Pd4 O-O 11... Lb7! is more urgent. 12. Pc3! a6? Sufficient counter-play gives 12... b4! 13. Pc6 Dd7 14. Pb5! Pfe4! (Kasparov). 13. Pc6! Dc7 14. Le3 Lb7 15. Ld4 Tfe8 16. a4! White has taken the initiative on the queenside. 16... bxa4 17. Lxc5 dxc5 18. Dxa4 Pd7 19. Db3 A draw suffices for White. 19... Lxc6 20. dxc6 Pb6 21. Tab1 Tab8 22. Da3 c4 23. Tfc1! Lxc3 24. Dxc3 Txe2 25. Dd4! White threatens to attack the weak pawns on the queenside. 25... a5?! The crucial line is 25... Te5! 26. Te1! Tb5 27. Tbd1! (Kasparov). Now White attacks on the kingside. The complications of 27... a5 28. g4! h5 29. Df6 Tf8 30. Te7 Dc8 31. h4 c3 32. gxh5 c2 33. Tde1 favour White. 26. Tb5! a4 27. Lf3 Or 27. Tcb1! 27... Tee8 28. Dc5 De7?! 29. c7 Dxc5 30. Txc5 Tbc8 31. Lb7 Pd7 32. T5xc4 Kasparov had won the match with 7-4 (+4, =6, -1). The loss in the first game and final score are identical to another historic match: Karpov-Spassky. 1-0 [JvR]

Gary easily defeated Smyslov in the final. The next year he encountered Karpov in their first match. The winner needed six wins for the championship. Karpov scored his first point in game three.

1. d4 Pf6 2. c4 e6 3. Pf3 b6 4. g3 La6 5. b3 Lb4+ 6. Ld2 Le7 7. Lg2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Pe5 c6 10. Lc3 Pfd7 11. Pxd7 Pxd7 12. Pd2 Tc8 13. e4 b5 14. Te1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Pb6?! 16. cxb5?! A plus gains 16. c5! 16... cxb5 17. Tc1 La3 18. Tc2 Pa4 19. La1 Txc2 20. Dxc2 Da5?! Black has amassed his troops on the a-file. 21. Dd1! Tc8 22. Pb3 Db4 23. d5! exd5? Correct is 23... Pb2! 24. Lxb2 Lxb2 25. dxe6 fxe6 24. exd5 Pc3 25. Dd4 Dxd4 26. Pxd4 Pxa2 27. Pc6? Kasparov misses a combination. White wins by 27. Pf5! e.g. 27... Tc1 28. Txc1 Lxc1 29. d6 Lg5 30. h4 Ld8 31. Pe7+ Kf8 32. Pc6 Ke8 33. Lh3! (Yusupov). 27... Lc5 28. Lh3 Ta8 29. Ld4 Lxd4 30. Pxd4 Kf8 31. d6 Pc3 32. Pc6 Lb7 33. Lg2 Te8 34. Pe5 f6 35. d7 Td8 36. Lxb7 fxe5 37. Lc6 Ke7 38. Lxb5! Pxb5 39. Txe5+ Kxd7 40. Txb5 Kc6 Black has an extra pawn in the rook ending. 41. Th5?! More resistance offers 41. Te5! Ta8 42. Te6+ Kc5 43. Te7 a5 44. Txg7 (Yusupov) 44... a4 45. Tc7+ Kb4 46. Tb7+ Ka5! 47. Txh7 a3 48. Tc7 a2 49. Tc1 Kb4 50. Ta1 41... h6 42. Te5 Ta8 43. Ta5 Interesting is 43. Te6+ Kc5 44. Tg6 a5 45. Txg7 a4 46. Tc7+ Kb4 47. Tb7+ Ka5! (Yusupov). 43... Kb6 44. Ta2! Square a1 remains open for the king. 44... a5 45. Kf1 a4 46. Ke2 Kc5 47. Kd2 a3 48. Kc1 Kd4 49. f4! The f-pawn needs protection. 49... Ke4 50. Kb1 Tb8+ 51. Ka1 Tb2! 52. Txa3! Txh2 53. Kb1 Td2! 54. Ta6 Or 54. Ta7 g5 55. Kc1 Td5 56. Te7+ Kf5 54... Kf5 55. Ta7 g5 56. Ta6 g4!! Subtle play overcomes an excellent defence. 57. Txh6 Tg2 58. Th5+ Ke4 59. f5 Tf2 60. Kc1 Kf3 61. Kd1 The stubborn 61. f6! Kxg3 62. Th6 Kg2 63. Kd1 g3 64. Tg6! Tf5 65. Ke2 Te5+ 66. Kd3 Kf3 67. Kd4 Th5!! 68. f7 Tf5 69. Tg7 g2 leads to mutual zugzwang. 70. Kd3 Tf4 and Black wins. 61... Kxg3 62. Ke1 Kg2 63. Tg5 g3 White has to move. 64. Th5 A pawn costs 64. Kd1 Kh3 65. Ke1 Kh4 64... Tf4 65. Ke2 Te4+ 66. Kd3 Kf3 67. Th1 g2 68. Th3+ Kg4 69. Th8 Tf4 70. Ke2 Txf5 Karpov also won the seventh game and led by 3-0. 0-1 [JvR]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Pf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Pf6 6. Lg2 Le7 7. O-O O-O 8. Pc3 Pc6 9. Lg5 cxd4 10. Pxd4 h6 11. Le3 Te8 12. Db3 Pa5 13. Dc2 Lg4 14. Pf5 Tc8 15. Ld4 Lc5 16. Lxc5 Txc5 17. Pe3 Le6 18. Tad1 Dc8 19. Da4 Td8 20. Td3 a6 21. Tfd1 Pc4 22. Pxc4 Txc4 23. Da5 Tc5 24. Db6 Td7 25. Td4 Dc7 26. Dxc7 Tdxc7 The pressure on the isolated pawn continues. 27. h3 h5 28. a3 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Tc4 31. Lf3 b5 32. Kg2 T7c5 33. Txc4 Txc4 34. Td4 Kf8 35. Le2 Txd4 36. exd4 Ke7 37. Pa2 Lc8 38. Pb4 Kd6 39. f3 Pg8 40. h4 Ph6 41. Kf2 Pf5 42. Pc2 f6 43. Ld3 g5 44. Lxf5 Lxf5 White has a plus because the knight is stronger than the bishop. 45. Pe3 Lb1 46. b4 gxh4?! 46... Lg6 prepares the pawn exchange. 47. Pg2!! A red headed Gary sits behind the board. 47... hxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Ke6? Correct is 48... Lg6 49. Pf4 Lf7! 50. Kh4 Ke7 51. Pxh5 Ke6 52. Pf4+ Kf5 53. Pd3 Le8! 54. Kg3 Ld7 55. Pc5 Lc8 Black has a bad position but he seems to survive. 49. Pf4+ Kf5 50. Pxh5 Ke6 51. Pf4+ Kd6 52. Kg4 Lc2 53. Kh5 Ld1 54. Kg6! Ke7 55. Pxd5+? This move is an error although the pawn is captured with a check. Pawn d5 should not be taken at once. Restriction should continue with 55. Ph5!! Lc2+ 56. Kg7 Ld1 (the pointe is 56... Ke6 57. Pg3 and 58.f4) 57. Pxf6 Lxf3 58. Kg6 Ke6 59. Pe8 Kd7 60. Pg7 Ke7 61. Kf5 Kd6 62. Kf6 Lg2 63. Pf5+ Kd7 64. Ke5 The preparation has been completed. White will gain pawn d5 and win eventually. 55... Ke6?! Better is 55... Kd6 56. Pxf6 Lxf3 White wins according to Geller and Mikhalchiskin. However, pawn d4 is weak, due to the missing pawn d5! 56. Pc7+ Kd7? A second pawn will be lost. Right is 56... Kd6 57. Pxa6 Lxf3 58. Kxf6 Kd5 59. Pc7+ Kxd4 60. Pxb5+ Kc4 61. Pd6+ Kb3 62. b5 Kxa3= 57. Pxa6 Lxf3 58. Kxf6 Kd6 59. Kf5 Kd5 60. Kf4! The d-pawn is saved. 60... Lh1 61. Ke3 Kc4 62. Pc5 Lc6 63. Pd3 Lg2 64. Pe5+ Kc3 65. Pg6 Kc4 66. Pe7 Lb7 67. Pf5 The restriction of the black king has gone completely. 67... Lg2?? 67... Kd5! 68. Kd3 Ke6! 69. Pg3 Lg2 and the game will be hard to win for White, despite the extra pawns. 68. Pd6+ Kb3 69. Pxb5 Ka4 70. Pd6 This endgame hass been published without criticism mostly. Karpov led by 4-0. It looked like a walkover. Then Kasparov avoided the cat-and-mouse-play around the isolated pawn in the Tarrasch. A long series of draws followed. 1-0 [JvR]

1. Pf3 d5 2. d4 Pf6 3. c4 e6 4. Pc3 Le7 5. Lg5 h6 6. Lxf6 Lxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Dc2 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Lxc4 Da5 11. O-O Lxc3 12. Dxc3 Dxc3 13. bxc3 Pd7 14. c6 bxc6 15. Tab1 Pb6 16. Le2 c5 17. Tfc1! It looks like a dead draw, but Karpov prepares an attack. 17... Lb7 18. Kf1 Ld5!? 19. Tb5! Commentators criticise previous moves, but black's real mistake still has to happen. 19... Pd7? Correct is 19... Tac8! 20. Ta5 Tc7 21. c4 Lxf3! 22. Lxf3 Td8 Black has a simple defence. 20. Ta5 Tfb8 21. c4 Lc6 22. Pe1! Tb4 23. Ld1! Tb7 24. f3 Td8 The tactics of 24... Tc7 25. Pd3 Lb7 26. La4 Pb6 27. Txc5 Txc5 28. Pxc5 Lxf3! 29. gxf3 Tc8 30. Pxe6! Pxa4 31. Pd4 also leads to the loss of a pawn by Black. 25. Pd3! g5 26. Lb3 Kf8 27. Pxc5 Pxc5 28. Txc5 Td6 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Td1 Txd1 31. Kxd1 Kd6 32. Ta5 f5 33. Ke2 h5!? Kasparov will be lost anyway, if he does not counterattack. 34. e4! fxe4 35. fxe4 Lxe4 36. Txg5 Lf5 37. Ke3 h4 38. Kd4 e5+ 39. Kc3 Lb1 40. a3 Te7 41. Tg4 h3 42. g3 Te8 43. Tg7! Tf8 44. Txa7 Tf2 45. Kb4 Txh2 46. c5+ Kc6 47. La4+ Kd5 48. Td7+ Ke4 49. c6 Tb2+ 50. Ka5 Tb8 51. c7 Tc8 52. Kb6 Ke3 53. Lc6 h2 54. g4 Th8 55. Td1! La2 56. Te1+ Kf4 57. Te4+ Kg3 58. Txe5 Kxg4 59. Te2 Karpov won a fine endgame and increased the lead to 5-0. 1-0 [JvR]

1. Pf3 d5 2. d4 Pf6 3. c4 e6 4. Pc3 Le7 5. Lg5 h6 6. Lh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Tc1 Lb7 9. Le2 Pbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. Da4 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Tfd1 Db6 15. Db3 Da7? Equality achieves the exchange 15... Dxb3 16. axb3 Pb6 16. Lg3 Tad8 17. Pe1 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Pa4 Tc8 20. Txc8 Txc8 21. Lc4 Tf8 22. Dd3 Lc6 23. Lb3 Pe4 24. Dxd4 Db7! Exchange of queens has become unfavourable. 25. Ld5 Pdf6 26. Lxc6 Dxc6 27. b3 Te8 The match has reached a turning point. 28. Dd3?! Analysts praise 28. Dc4! There might follow 28... Db7! 29. Pf3 Tc8 30. Dd3 Db5 31. Db1! White has winning chances. 28... h5! Square g4 becomes an outpost for a knight. 29. Dc4 Db7 30. Pf3 Tc8 31. De2 Pg4 32. Pe5 Pxg3 33. hxg3 Db5 34. Pc4 Lf6 35. Pab6 Te8 Karpov failed to score the decisive sixth win. Kasparov struck back in the next game. The extra pawn has no importance in the variation 35... Te8 36. Dd2 Le7! 37. Pd5!? Lc5 38. Pde3 Pxe3 39. Pxe3 Lxe3 40. fxe3 De5 1/2-1/2 [JvR]

1. d4 Pf6 2. c4 e6 3. Pf3 b6 4. Pc3 Lb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Pxd5 7. Dc2 Pd7!? 8. Pxd5! exd5 9. Lg5 f6 10. Lf4 c5 11. g3 g6 12. h4 De7 13. Lg2 Lg7 14. h5 White has gained the initiative in the opening. 14... f5?! A better choice is 14... g5!? 15. h6 Lf8 16. Ld2 Tg8 15. Dd2!? Lf6 16. Tc1 Tc8 17. Tc3 Tc6?! Black has to play the unpleasant 17... O-O!? 18. hxg6 hxg6 18. Te3?! A violent attack starts with 18. Lg5! O-O 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Lxf6 Tcxf6 (Dorfman) 21. Pg5! 18... Te6 19. Txe6 Dxe6 20. Pg5 De7 21. dxc5 Pxc5 22. hxg6 d4! Otherwise Black will lose his d-pawn. 23. g7!? A fine idea is 23. Pf7!? Lxg2 24. Th2 Tf8 25. Txh7! De6 26. Pd6+ Kd8 27. Pb5 with great complications. 23... Lxg7 24. Lxb7 Dxb7 25. f3 Dd5? Karpov opts for a counteraction. He should have played 25... h6 26. Ph3 and suffer. 26. Txh7 Txh7 27. Pxh7 Db3 Commentators prefer 27... d3! 28. b4 Pe6 but 29. Le3! keeps a big advantage. 28. Ld6 Pe6 29. Pg5 Lh6 30. Lf4 Lxg5 31. Lxg5 Pxg5 32. Dxg5 Dxb2 33. Dxf5 Dc1+ 34. Kf2 De3+ 35. Kf1 Dc1+ 36. Kg2 Dxa3 37. Dh5+ Kd7 38. Dg4+ Kc6 39. Dxd4 b5 40. g4 b4 41. g5 Karpov res igned the adjourned game. Kasparov had defeated him for the first time! The score was 5-1. There might follow 41. g5 b3 42. De4+! Kd6! 43. Dg6+! Ke7 44. Dg7+ Kd8 45. g6 De7 46. Dg8+ Kc7 47. Dc4+ Kd6 48. Dxb3 Dg5+ 49. Kf1 Dxg6 50. Da3+ and White wins. 1-0 [JvR]

1. e4 e5 2. Pf3 Pf6 3. Pxe5 d6 4. Pf3 Pxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ld3 Le7 7. O-O Pc6 8. c4 Pb4 9. Le2 dxc4 10. Lxc4 O-O 11. Pc3 Pd6 12. Lb3 Lf6 13. h3 Lf5 14. Le3 Te8 15. a3 Pd3?! Kasparov's counteraction results in the loss of a pawn. Equality keeps 15... Pc6 16. Tb1! c5 17. dxc5 Pe4! No good is 17... Pxb2? 18. Txb2 Lxc3 19. cxd6 Lxb2 20. Lxf7+! Kxf7 21. Dd5+ (Taimanov). 18. Lc2! Pxb2 The complications of 18... Pg3?! 19. fxg3 Txe3 20. Dd2 Ld4 21. Pxd4 Dxd4 22. Kh2 Lg6 23. Pd5! are pleasant for White (Taimanov). 19. Dxd8 Taxd8 20. Txb2 Lxc3 21. Txb7 Pxc5 22. Lxc5 Lxc2 23. Txa7 Ld1 24. Te7 Txe7 25. Lxe7 Td3 26. Pg5 Lb2 27. Lb4 h6 28. Pe4 f5 29. Pc5 Td5 30. Te1 f4? Correct is 30... Lf6! 31. a4?! Ld8! 31. a4 Td4 32. a5 Txb4 33. Txd1? Dorfman gives the win for White by 33. a6! La4 (33... Lb3 34. Pxb3 Ta4 35. Pc5 Ta5 36. Te4 g5 37. Ta4 Txa4 38. Pxa4 Ld4 39. Pc3+-) 34. a7 Lc6 35. Te6 Ld5 36. Td6+- 33... Ld4 34. Pe6 La7 35. Td7? The last opportunity to win brings 35. Pxg7! Tb2 36. Pf5 Lxf2+ 37. Kf1 h5 38. Pe7+ Kf7 39. Pd5 35... Tb1+ 36. Kh2 Lxf2 37. Pxf4 Ta1 38. Pe6 Txa5 39. Txg7+ Kh8 40. Tf7 Le3 41. Kg3 Ld2 42. Td7 Lc3 43. Kf3 Kg8 44. Pf4 Tf5 45. Ke4 Tf7 46. Td8+ Kh7 47. Td3 Te7+ 48. Kf3 Lb2 49. Tb3 Lc1 50. Pd5 Te5 51. Pf6+ Kg6 52. Pe4 Tf5+ 53. Ke2 Te5 54. Tb4 Te7 55. Tc4 Te8 56. g3 Lb2 57. Kf3 Te6 58. Tc5 Ld4 59. Td5 Le5 60. Tb5 Lc7 61. Tc5 Lb6 62. Tc8 Ld4 63. Tg8+ Lg7 64. h4 Ta6 65. Kf4 Ta5 66. Te8 Tf5+ 67. Ke3 Te5 68. Tg8 Te7 69. Kf4 Tf7+ 70. Kg4 h5+ 71. Kh3 1/2-1/2 [JvR]

1. e4 e5 2. Pf3 Pf6 3. Pxe5 d6 4. Pf3 Pxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ld3 Pc6 7. O-O Le7 8. c4 Pf6 9. Pc3 O-O 10. h3 dxc4 11. Lxc4 Pa5 12. Ld3 Le6 13. Te1 Pc6 14. a3 a6 15. Lf4 Dd7?! Better is 15... Pd5 16. Lg3 Lf6 (Gufeld-Schussler, Havana 1985). 16. Pe5 Pxe5 17. dxe5 Pd5 18. Pxd5 Lxd5 19. Dc2 g6 20. Tad1 c6 21. Lh6 Tfd8!? Kasparov won the previous game and has reached an advantageous position again. 22. e6! fxe6 23. Lxg6 Lf8?! The grandmasters in the press room prefer 23... Lf6! 24. Lxf8 Txf8 25. Le4 Tf7 26. Te3 Tg7 27. Tdd3! Tf8? A fine defence gives 27... Dc7! 28. Dc3 Tf8 29. Lxd5 exd5 30. Tg3 Tff7! 31. Tde3 Dd8 28. Tg3! Kh8! Avoids 28... Tff7? 29. Lxh7+! 29. Dc3 Tff7 30. Tde3 Kg8 31. De5! Dc7!? 32. Txg7+ Txg7 33. Lxd5 Dxe5 Black has to lose a pawn due to 33... exd5?? 34. De8# 34. Lxe6+! Dxe6 35. Txe6 White has a material plus in the rook ending. 35... Td7 36. b4 Kf7 37. Te3 Td1+ 38. Kh2 Tc1 39. g4 b5 40. f4 c5 41. bxc5 Txc5 42. Td3! Ke7 43. Kg3 a5 44. Kf3 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Ke4 Tb5?! Longer resistance offers 46... Tc1! 47. Tb3 Tc4+ 48. Ke5 h6 49. f5 Kf7 50. Kd5 Tc3 51. Txb4 Txh3 52. Ke5 Te3+ 53. Kf4 Ta3 54. Tb7+ Kf6 55. Tb6+ Kg7 56. Tg6+ and White will win eventually. 47. Tb3 Tb8 48. Kd5 Kf6 49. Kc5 Te8 50. Txb4 Te3 51. h4 Th3 52. h5 Th4 53. f5? "Kasparov did not have confidence in his calculations" his trainer Nikitin admitted later. The forced win 53. g5+! Kf5 54. h6 Th1 55. Kd6 Te1 56. Tb8 Kxf4 57. g6 hxg6 58. h7 Th1 59. h8=D Txh8 60. Txh8 g5 61. Kd5 is found in the press room. 53... Th1 54. Kd5 Td1+ 55. Td4 Te1 56. Kd6 Te8? Karpov misses the best defence. Taimanov analyses 56... Tg1! 57. Kd7 Kf7 58. Kd8 Tg2 59. h6 Kf8! 60. Kc7! Kf7 61. Td7+ Kf6! 62. Tg7 and evaluates the position as lost for White. However 62... Ta2! 63. Kc6 Ta4 64. Kd5 Td4+ shows no opening in the defence line. 57. Kd7 Tg8 58. h6 Kf7 59. Tc4 Kf6 60. Te4 Kf7 61. Kd6 Kf6 62. Te6+ Kf7 63. Te7+ Kf6 64. Tg7 Td8+ 65. Kc5 Td5+ 66. Kc4 Td4+ 67. Kc3 The score became 5-3. FIDE president Campomanes ended the match. The decision was hardly accepted in the chess world at first. Later many people recognised the inhuman length of the encounter. 1-0 [JvR]

The moral winner of the aborted match was Kasparov. He had avoided a terrible defeat and gained the right of a second match. The practical winner was Karpov. He had kept the world title and got the right of a rematch, if he would lose number two. Karpov had started his reign in a questionable way, because his win over Korchnoi in 1974 was the result of a better preparation and Fischer had forfeited. Thereafter, he had won many tournaments and defeated Korchnoi twice. His start in the first match against Kasparov was the highlight of his career. However, he had shown signs of exhaustion in long matches. Kasparov's play had been a combination of Botvinnik's simpleness and Alekhine's tactics. This approach was not good enough against Karpov's prophylaxis. Gary became a great pupil of Tolya. He learned the subtle ties of defensive play in forty-eight lessons. The best score in twenty-four games became the criterion of the second match. The decisive games are selected for presentation. Kasparov played the first game in the style of his opponent.

1. d4 Pf6 2. c4 e6 3. Pc3 Lb4 4. Pf3 c5 5. g3 Pe4 6. Dd3 Da5 7. Dxe4 Lxc3+ 8. Ld2 Lxd2+ 9. Pxd2 Db6!? 10. dxc5! Dxb2 11. Tb1 Dc3 12. Dd3 Dxd3 13. exd3 Pa6? Karpov errs in a known position. Equality is kept by 13... Pc6! 14. Lg2 b6! 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Lxc6 dxc6 17. Txb6 Txa2 (Farago-Vadasz, Budapest 1979). 14. d4 Tb8?! Better is 14... e5! 15. Lg2 Tb8 16. dxe5 Pxc5 (Kasparov). 15. Lg2 Ke7 16. Ke2 Td8 17. Pe4 b6 18. Pd6 Pc7 A lively line is 18... bxc5 19. Pxc8+ Tdxc8 20. Lb7 Txb7 21. Txb7 cxd4 22. Txa7 Pc5 (Kasparov). 19. Tb4! Pe8? The counteraction 19... La6! 20. Thb1 Pd5! 21. Lxd5 exd5 gives Black a last chance. 20. Pxe8 Kxe8 21. Thb1 La6 22. Ke3 d5? 22... Tdc8 23. Lf1 Tc7 loses no material. 23. cxd6 White wins a pawn. 23... Tbc8 24. Kd3 24. Ta4! Lxc4 25. Lb7 b5 26. d7+! gains an exchange. 24... Txd6 25. Ta4 b5 26. cxb5 Tb8 27. Tab4 Lb7 28. Lxb7 Txb7 29. a4 Ke7 30. h4 h6 31. f3 Td5 32. Tc1 Tbd7 33. a5 g5 34. hxg5 Txg5 35. g4 h5 36. b6 axb6 37. axb6 Tb7 38. Tc5 f5 39. gxh5 Txh5 40. Kc4 Th8 41. Kb5 Ta8 42. Tbc4 Kasparov won the first game and came close to victory in the second one. 1-0 [JvR]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Pc3 Le7 4. Pf3 Pf6 5. Lg5 h6 6. Lxf6 Lxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Dc2 Pa6 9. Td1 c5 10. dxc5 Da5 11. cxd5 Pxc5 12. Dd2 Td8 13. Pd4 exd5 14. Le2 Db6 15. O-O Pe4 16. Dc2 Pxc3 17. Dxc3 Le6 18. Dc2 Tac8 19. Db1 Tc7 20. Td2 Tdc8 21. Pxe6 fxe6 22. Lg4 Tc4 23. h3 Dc6 24. Dd3 Kh8 25. Tfd1 a5 26. b3 Tc3 27. De2 Tf8 28. Lh5 b5 29. Lg6 Ld8 30. Ld3 b4 31. Dg4 De8 32. e4! Karpov takes the initiative. 32... Lg5 33. Tc2 Txc2?! Kasparov condemns this exchange. 33... Dc6 34. exd5 exd5 35. Te2 Tc1 keeps the equality. 34. Lxc2 Dc6 35. De2 Dc5 36. Tf1 Dc3 37. exd5 exd5 38. Lb1 Dd2 39. De5 Td8 40. Df5 Kg8 41. De6+ Kh8 42. Dg6 Kg8 43. De6+ Kh8 44. Lf5 Dc3 45. Dg6 Kg8 46. Le6+ Kh8 47. Lf5 Kg8 48. g3 Kf8 49. Kg2 Df6! 50. Dh7 Df7! 51...Dg8 and exchange threatens. 51. h4! White can freely move his pieces in the enemy's position. 51... Ld2? Black worries too much about 52.Te1. Correct is 51... Lf6! 52. Te1! Dg8! 53. Dg6 Df7 54. Dg4 d4 55. Ld3 Te8! 56. Lg6 Dd5+ 57. Le4 De6 52. Td1 Lc3 53. Td3 Td6?! More resistance is offered by 53... Lf6! 54. Te3 Dg8 55. Dg6 Df7 56. Dg4 d4 57. Tf3 Td6 58. Ld3 but White can complete all preparations for an attack. 54. Tf3 Ke7 55. Dh8 d4 56. Dc8 Tf6 57. Dc5+ Ke8 58. Tf4 Db7+ 59. Te4+ Kf7 60. Dc4+ Kf8 61. Lh7 Tf7 62. De6 Dd7 63. De5 1-0 [JvR]

1. e4 e5 2. Pf3 Pc6 3. Lb5 a6 4. La4 Pf6 5. O-O Le7 6. Te1 b5 7. Lb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Lb7 10. d4 Te8 11. Pbd2 Lf8 12. a4 Dd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Txa8 Lxa8 15. d5 Pa5 Karpov diverts from a game in the previous match. 16. La2 c6 17. b4 Pb7 18. c4 Tc8!? The strain on the queenside grows. 19. dxc6 Dxc6 20. c5!? Pd8 21. Lb2 dxc5! 22. bxc5 Dxc5 23. Lxe5 Pd7 24. Lb2 Db4! Karpov has opened the position and starts an attack. 25. Pb3? Correct is the modest 25. La1 Pc5 26. Lb1 25... Pc5 26. La1? 26. Pxc5 Dxb2 27. Te2 Da3 28. Pd3 wastes no material (Kasparov). 26... Lxe4 27. Pfd4 Pdb7 28. De2 Pd6 29. Pxc5 Dxc5 30. Dg4 Te8 31. Td1 Lg6 32. Df4 Db4 33. Dc1 Le4 34. Te1 Da5 35. Lb3 Da8 36. Db2 b4 37. Te3 Lg6 38. Txe8 Dxe8 39. Dc1 Pe4 40. Ld5 Pc5 41. Pb3 Pd3 Karpov took the lead in the match. 0-1 [JvR]