Kasparov v Karpov 1990, Game 20
Kasparov v Karpov · 1–0
31... Qe5 by Karpov: chances 53% → 2%
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Kasparov v Karpov 1990
New York & Lyon · Oct 1990
Kasparov 12½–11½ Karpov
Kasparov won 12½–11½.
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: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
30 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.1, Kasparov 91.9
Costliest move: 13... cxb5 (Kasparov, 55% → 43%)
Game 2: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0
44 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.0, Karpov 90.7
Costliest move: 24... Ng8 (Karpov, 40% → 20%)
Game 3: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
53 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 88.4, Kasparov 91.0
Costliest move: 48. Nxe3 (Karpov, 40% → 28%)
Game 4: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
40 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 90.5, Karpov 92.0
Costliest move: 39... Qf7 (Karpov, 81% → 50%)
Game 5: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
36 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.1, Kasparov 91.6
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 6: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.5, Karpov 94.1
Costliest move: 33... Qe7 (Karpov, 51% → 36%)
Game 7: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0
44 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 94.5, Kasparov 93.4
Costliest move: 27... Qa5 (Kasparov, 51% → 32%)
Game 8: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
84 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 91.7, Karpov 91.9
Costliest move: 37. Rd4 (Kasparov, 65% → 44%)
Game 9: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
34 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.4, Kasparov 91.5
Costliest move: 32. Bd2 (Karpov, 73% → 47%)
Game 10: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
18 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Kasparov 95.3, Karpov 97.2
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 11: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
24 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 91.9, Kasparov 89.5
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 12: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
37 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.4, Karpov 94.3
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 13: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
42 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 92.3, Kasparov 92.1
Costliest move: 10... e6 (Kasparov, 53% → 41%)
Game 14: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
40 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 91.3, Karpov 92.3
Costliest move: 11... f6 (Karpov, 53% → 31%)
Game 15: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
33 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 90.2, Kasparov 90.8
Costliest move: 25... Rb7 (Kasparov, 47% → 28%)
Game 16: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0
102 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.9, Karpov 92.4
Costliest move: 25... Rc7 (Karpov, 50% → 31%)
Game 17: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0
40 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 93.1, Kasparov 91.2
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 18: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0
57 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.4, Karpov 90.1
Costliest move: 38. Kh2 (Kasparov, 89% → 74%)
Game 19: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
39 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 88.3, Kasparov 88.8
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 20: Kasparov v Karpov 1–0
41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 88.0, Karpov 86.3
Costliest move: 31... Qe5 (Karpov, 53% → 2%)
Game 21: Karpov v Kasparov ½–½
86 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 89.3, Kasparov 89.5
Costliest move: 33. a3 (Karpov, 48% → 35%)
Game 22: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
43 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.7, Karpov 93.7
Costliest move: 39. Bd4 (Kasparov, 71% → 57%)
Game 23: Karpov v Kasparov 1–0
29 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Karpov 88.2, Kasparov 84.3
Costliest move: 24... d5 (Kasparov, 47% → 31%)
Game 24: Kasparov v Karpov ½–½
36 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 91.3, Karpov 90.2
No move cost more than 12%.
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