Kasparov v Karpov 1985, Game 24
Karpov v Kasparov · 0–1
40. e5 by Karpov: chances 51% → 1%
The coach: g6 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.
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Kasparov v Karpov 1985
Moscow · Sep 1985
Kasparov 13–11 Karpov
Kasparov won 13–11, the youngest champion then.
Momentum
The score gap, game by game: up is Kasparov.
The coach's numbers
The costliest move
The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.
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: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0
42 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 95.9, Karpov 92.8
Costliest move: 35... h5 (Karpov, 20% → 5%)
Game 2: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
65 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Karpov 89.9, Kasparov 89.4
Costliest move: 37. Rb1 (Karpov, 36% → 16%)
Game 3: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
20 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 90.8, Karpov 91.1
Costliest move: 18... exd5 (Karpov, 58% → 42%)
Game 4: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0
63 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 91.4, Kasparov 90.5
Costliest move: 38... Qd2 (Kasparov, 50% → 37%)
Game 5: Kasparov v Karpov 0–1
41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 88.4, Karpov 90.3
Costliest move: 36. Qb2 (Kasparov, 37% → 19%)
Game 6: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
27 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 94.9, Kasparov 94.6
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 7: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
31 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.5, Karpov 92.9
Costliest move: 11. Nd2 (Kasparov, 53% → 35%)
Game 8: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
49 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 93.0, Kasparov 92.8
Costliest move: 34... Rc3 (Kasparov, 40% → 22%)
Game 9: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
53 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 89.5, Karpov 90.7
Costliest move: 45. e5 (Kasparov, 38% → 21%)
Game 10: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
37 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Karpov 94.6, Kasparov 93.9
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 11: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0
25 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.8, Karpov 89.7
Costliest move: 22... Rcd8 (Karpov, 41% → 4%)
Game 12: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
18 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Karpov 92.1, Kasparov 92.8
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 13: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
24 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.6, Karpov 92.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 14: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
32 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Karpov 91.5, Kasparov 90.6
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 15: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
22 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.3, Karpov 94.4
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 16: Karpov v Kasparov 0–1
40 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Karpov 89.2, Kasparov 93.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 17: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
29 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.2, Karpov 93.3
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 18: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
23 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Karpov 91.5, Kasparov 91.8
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 19: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0
42 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.0, Karpov 91.0
Costliest move: 39... Rxd4 (Karpov, 24% → 10%)
Game 20: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
85 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 95.6, Kasparov 95.6
Costliest move: 80... Kc5 (Kasparov, 50% → 36%)
Game 21: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
44 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 89.9, Karpov 90.1
Costliest move: 34. Bf5 (Kasparov, 60% → 46%)
Game 22: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0
42 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 92.2, Kasparov 90.3
Costliest move: 35. Kg4 (Karpov, 74% → 60%)
Game 23: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
41 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.3, Karpov 94.3
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 24: Karpov v Kasparov 0–1
42 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Karpov 84.9, Kasparov 88.0
Costliest move: 40. e5 (Karpov, 51% → 1%)
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