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London & Leningrad · Jul 1986
Kasparov 12½–11½ Karpov
Kasparov won 12½–11½.
The score gap, game by game: up is Kasparov.
The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.
Kasparov v Karpov · 1–0
33... Qxa3 by Karpov: chances 54% → 26%
The coach: Rxa3 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.
Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 1986: Kasparov v Karpov › Game 16
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.
21 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.5, Kasparov 93.0
No move cost more than 12%.
52 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.1, Karpov 93.3
Costliest move: 38... Rf3 (Karpov, 43% → 22%)
35 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 95.7, Kasparov 95.6
No move cost more than 12%.
40 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 90.8, Karpov 88.5
Costliest move: 40... e4 (Karpov, 26% → 6%)
32 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.5, Kasparov 87.4
Costliest move: 25... g5 (Kasparov, 50% → 37%)
42 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.7, Karpov 94.3
No move cost more than 12%.
41 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 89.8, Kasparov 90.7
Costliest move: 36. fxg5 (Karpov, 56% → 41%)
31 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 89.8, Karpov 89.0
Costliest move: 22. Bb5 (Kasparov, 74% → 52%)
20 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.0, Kasparov 90.4
No move cost more than 12%.
43 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.5, Karpov 91.3
No move cost more than 12%.
41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 86.4, Kasparov 88.8
Costliest move: 25. Rf7 (Karpov, 48% → 25%)
34 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.6, Karpov 93.6
No move cost more than 12%.
40 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 93.0, Kasparov 94.1
No move cost more than 12%.
41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.3, Karpov 91.8
Costliest move: 32. Nc5 (Kasparov, 59% → 47%)
29 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.9, Kasparov 92.3
No move cost more than 12%.
41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.3, Karpov 91.4
Costliest move: 33... Qxa3 (Karpov, 54% → 26%)
31 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 94.0, Kasparov 89.8
Costliest move: 27... Rd5 (Kasparov, 35% → 19%)
58 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 88.3, Karpov 89.8
Costliest move: 39. a5 (Kasparov, 67% → 43%)
40 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.0, Kasparov 90.2
Costliest move: 26... g5 (Kasparov, 44% → 31%)
21 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 91.6, Karpov 91.4
No move cost more than 12%.
45 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Karpov 94.1, Kasparov 93.1
No move cost more than 12%.
46 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.9, Karpov 93.4
Costliest move: 41... Rxd4 (Karpov, 50% → 38%)
32 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 b6 · accuracy Karpov 90.3, Kasparov 91.0
No move cost more than 12%.
41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.1, Karpov 95.1
No move cost more than 12%.
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