Title matches
Kasparov v Karpov 1987 Seville · Oct 1987
Kasparov 12–12 Karpov
12–12; Kasparov kept the title.
Momentum The score gap, game by game: up is Kasparov.
Karpov +1 level Kasparov +1 start game 24 The coach's numbers Garry Kasparov 92.6 · 5 blunders, 12 mistakes
Anatoly Karpov 93.1 · 2 blunders, 9 mistakes
The costliest move The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.
Kasparov v Karpov · 0–1
23. Kh1 by Kasparov: chances 48% → 19%
The coach: Qxa7 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.
Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 1987: Kasparov v Karpov › Game 2
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 30 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.0, Kasparov 91.5
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 2: Kasparov v Karpov 0–1 32 moves · c4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 · accuracy Kasparov 86.0, Karpov 90.1
Costliest move: 23. Kh1 (Kasparov, 48% → 19%)
Game 3: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½ 29 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 94.0, Kasparov 94.6
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 4: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0 41 moves · c4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 · accuracy Kasparov 94.2, Karpov 92.2
Costliest move: 21... Nd7 (Karpov, 43% → 29%)
Game 5: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0 38 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 93.0, Kasparov 90.8
Costliest move: 37... Ra1 (Kasparov, 23% → 0%)
Game 6: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½ 28 moves · c4 e5 Nc3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.7, Karpov 94.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 7: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½ 79 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 93.5, Kasparov 92.5
Costliest move: 79... Qd4+ (Kasparov, 37% → 8%)
Game 8: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0 50 moves · c4 e5 Nc3 d6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.2, Karpov 91.0
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 9: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½ 70 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 95.2, Kasparov 94.5
Costliest move: 65... Rc4 (Kasparov, 23% → 8%)
Game 10: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½ 20 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Kasparov 92.2, Karpov 92.0
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 11: Karpov v Kasparov 0–1 50 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 92.2, Kasparov 93.4
Costliest move: 35. Rc6 (Karpov, 67% → 48%)
Game 12: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½ 21 moves · c4 e6 Nc3 d5 · accuracy Kasparov 93.6, Karpov 95.3
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 13: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½ 36 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 95.9, Kasparov 94.6
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 14: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½ 21 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Kasparov 95.8, Karpov 95.2
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 15: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½ 43 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 93.0, Kasparov 91.1
Costliest move: 23... axb5 (Kasparov, 49% → 34%)
Game 16: Kasparov v Karpov 0–1 41 moves · c4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 · accuracy Kasparov 90.7, Karpov 92.3
Costliest move: 13... Na5 (Karpov, 54% → 42%)
Game 17: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½ 46 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 92.2, Kasparov 93.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 18: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½ 40 moves · c4 e6 Nc3 d5 · accuracy Kasparov 95.0, Karpov 94.8
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 19: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½ 60 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 94.3, Kasparov 92.6
Costliest move: 57... Ke5 (Kasparov, 20% → 4%)
Game 20: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½ 37 moves · c4 e6 Nc3 d5 · accuracy Kasparov 92.7, Karpov 93.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 21: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½ 28 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 92.5, Kasparov 92.3
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 22: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½ 19 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 95.6, Karpov 96.7
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 23: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0 57 moves · c4 c5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Karpov 88.2, Kasparov 88.6
Costliest move: 50... R7f3 (Kasparov, 47% → 23%)
Game 24: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0 64 moves · c4 e6 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.0, Karpov 91.6
Costliest move: 31... Nxa4 (Karpov, 42% → 28%)
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