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Karpov, Anatoly vs Kasparov, Gary

World Championship 33th-KK3 • London/Leningrad • 1986

Karpov Strikes in Leningrad — KK3Top 100

Leningrad/London 1986. Their third World Championship match saw Karpov at his most dangerous. After losing his title the year before, the 12th World Champion showed he was far from finished, winning games of extraordinary depth and complexity in one of the most closely fought matches in history.

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World Championship 33th-KK3

Karpov, Anatoly vs Kasparov, Gary
London/Leningrad • 1986
1-0
Start
White King
Black King
End
1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.Nf3Bg75.Qb3dxc46.Qxc4O-O7.e4Bg48.Be3Nfd79.Rd1Nc610.Be2Nb611.Qc5Qd612.e5Qxc513.dxc5Nc814.h3Bxf315.Bxf3Bxe516.Bxc6bxc617.Bd4Bf418.O-Oa519.Rfe1a420.Re4Bh621.Be5a322.b3Na723.Rd7Bc124.Rxc7Bb225.Na4Nb526.Rxc6Rfd827.Rb6Rd528.Bg3Nc329.Nxc3Bxc330.c6Bd431.Rb71-0

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Result

1-0

White wins

Moves

31

Opening

D98

Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Keres Variation

Date

1986.??.??

Moves

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