Game, Match, Championship

Some of you readers have expressed an opinion that this, Kasparov's 24 and last game in the 1985 World Championship is his best. Kasparov believes his 16th game in that same match was his best. We present both on these pages for you to decide.

The ill-fated first match for the world championship in 1984 had a simple format; the winner would be the first to win 6 games. Draws counted for nothing. It was halted after 6 grueling months with a score of Karpov 5 - Kasparov 3 because neither player seemed able to win the necessary 6 games.

GM Kasparov sculpted this masterpiece in the second match for the world championship in 1985. The match's rules stipulated a traditional 24-game limit. This is the 24th and last game of the match. Kasparov needed only a draw to win, but played for and got the full point.

It should be noted that GM Anatoly Karpov had won more than 80 world-class chess tournaments. He was a worthy world champion despite having come by that title by default when Bobby Fischer refused to play in 1975.

Kasparov's win by two points made him the youngest World Champion in history at the age of 22.

White: Karpov, Anatoly GM/2700
Black: Kasparov, Garry GM/2700
Event: World Championship, 24th match game, Moscow
Date: 1985.??.??
Opening: B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3
Result: 0-1

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Black (Kasparov, Garry GM) Won

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