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Karpov v Kasparov 1984

Moscow · Sep 1984

Karpov 25–23 Kasparov

Stopped after 48 games without a result (Karpov 5 wins, Kasparov 3).

Momentum

The score gap, game by game: up is Karpov.

Kasparov +5levelKarpov +5startgame 48

The coach's numbers

Anatoly Karpov92.9 · 3 blunders, 24 mistakes
Garry Kasparov92.9 · 4 blunders, 25 mistakes

The costliest move

The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.

Karpov v Kasparov 1984, Game 6

Kasparov v Karpov · 0–1

48. Kc1 by Kasparov: chances 43% → 25%

The coach: Kc3 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.

Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 1984: Karpov v Kasparov › Game 6

Every game

Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.

Game 1: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

36 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Karpov 90.9, Kasparov 92.2

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 2: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

47 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 85.5, Karpov 86.4

Costliest move: 40... R5xf6 (Karpov, 90% → 59%)

Game 3: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0

31 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Karpov 93.7, Kasparov 89.4

Costliest move: 26... Bd5 (Kasparov, 38% → 26%)

Game 4: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

44 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.3, Karpov 92.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 5: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

21 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Karpov 91.2, Kasparov 92.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 6: Kasparov v Karpov 0–1

70 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 89.9, Karpov 91.2

Costliest move: 47... a3 (Karpov, 79% → 57%)

Game 7: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0

42 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 92.0, Kasparov 90.5

Costliest move: 18. Bxd5 (Karpov, 57% → 44%)

Game 8: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

20 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.1, Karpov 93.6

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 9: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0

70 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 93.3, Kasparov 91.4

Costliest move: 67... Bg2 (Kasparov, 29% → 5%)

Game 10: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

15 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.2, Karpov 93.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 11: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

41 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 b6 · accuracy Karpov 94.4, Kasparov 94.2

Costliest move: 16... Nb8 (Kasparov, 50% → 38%)

Game 12: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

21 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.8, Karpov 94.2

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 13: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

33 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 b6 · accuracy Karpov 95.2, Kasparov 95.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 14: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

16 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 95.8, Karpov 93.7

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 15: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

93 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 b6 · accuracy Karpov 94.0, Kasparov 92.9

Costliest move: 78. Ng3 (Karpov, 84% → 66%)

Game 16: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

35 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 90.0, Karpov 92.2

Costliest move: 26. Rd5 (Kasparov, 71% → 50%)

Game 17: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

22 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 93.8, Kasparov 95.5

Costliest move: 18. Bd3 (Karpov, 51% → 39%)

Game 18: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

22 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.0, Karpov 95.0

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 19: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

44 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 92.3, Kasparov 92.5

Costliest move: 37. Ra1 (Karpov, 50% → 34%)

Game 20: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

15 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 b6 · accuracy Kasparov 90.7, Karpov 92.2

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 21: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

31 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 92.3, Kasparov 94.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 22: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

20 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.8, Karpov 92.0

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 23: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

22 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 93.8, Kasparov 95.7

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 24: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

17 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 c5 · accuracy Kasparov 91.7, Karpov 92.4

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 25: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

21 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 94.0, Kasparov 91.3

Costliest move: 20... Na8 (Kasparov, 41% → 28%)

Game 26: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

23 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 c5 · accuracy Kasparov 91.3, Karpov 90.4

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 27: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0

59 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 92.3, Kasparov 90.8

Costliest move: 48... Ke4 (Kasparov, 34% → 19%)

Game 28: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

25 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.0, Karpov 93.5

Costliest move: 12. Qh3 (Kasparov, 62% → 49%)

Game 29: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

13 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 92.4, Kasparov 93.2

Costliest move: 10. Na4 (Karpov, 60% → 48%)

Game 30: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

20 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.0, Karpov 94.0

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 31: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

35 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 93.4, Kasparov 93.3

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 32: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0

41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.5, Karpov 92.2

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 33: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

20 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 89.1, Kasparov 89.8

Costliest move: 7... e5 (Kasparov, 57% → 40%)

Game 34: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

20 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 95.1, Karpov 95.8

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 35: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

17 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Karpov 90.2, Kasparov 90.7

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 36: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.1, Karpov 94.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 37: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

15 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Karpov 93.0, Kasparov 93.8

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 38: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

25 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 91.2, Karpov 91.6

Costliest move: 18... Qb6 (Karpov, 50% → 36%)

Game 39: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

48 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 93.5, Kasparov 93.6

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 40: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

70 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.9, Karpov 92.5

Costliest move: 42. Rd4 (Kasparov, 94% → 73%)

Game 41: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

71 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 95.1, Kasparov 94.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 42: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

26 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.7, Karpov 95.8

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 43: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

21 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Karpov 92.5, Kasparov 93.2

Costliest move: 13. f5 (Karpov, 56% → 43%)

Game 44: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

38 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.0, Karpov 92.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 45: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½

36 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Karpov 95.0, Kasparov 94.9

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 46: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½

41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.2, Karpov 92.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 47: Karpov v Kasparov 0–1

32 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 91.8, Kasparov 96.1

Costliest move: 31. Nb1 (Karpov, 28% → 5%)

Game 48: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0

67 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Kasparov 97.4, Karpov 95.2

No move cost more than 12%.

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