Title matches
Kasparov v Short (PCA) 1993 London · Sep 1993
Kasparov 12½–7½ Short
Kasparov won 12½–7½.
Momentum The score gap, game by game: up is Kasparov.
Short +6 level Kasparov +6 start game 20 The coach's numbers Garry Kasparov 91.7 · 5 blunders, 14 mistakes
Nigel Short 91.4 · 9 blunders, 12 mistakes
The costliest move The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.
Short v Kasparov · 0–1
28. Re3 by Short: chances 43% → 22%
The coach: Rd1 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.
Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 1993: Kasparov v Short (PCA) › Game 4
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 Short 1–0 39 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 91.3, Short 92.5
Costliest move: 36. Bxg7 (Kasparov, 67% → 50%)
Game 2: Short v Kasparov ½–½ 51 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 91.2, Kasparov 91.8
Costliest move: 50. Rh2 (Short, 60% → 35%)
Game 3: Kasparov v Short 1–0 59 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 91.7, Short 88.8
Costliest move: 27. Bd4 (Kasparov, 73% → 56%)
Game 4: Short v Kasparov 0–1 40 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 88.8, Kasparov 91.5
Costliest move: 28. Re3 (Short, 43% → 22%)
Game 5: Kasparov v Short ½–½ 18 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.1, Short 95.0
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 6: Short v Kasparov ½–½ 31 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 93.0, Kasparov 93.7
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 7: Kasparov v Short 1–0 36 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.5, Short 91.5
Costliest move: 35... Bf6 (Short, 28% → 4%)
Game 8: Short v Kasparov ½–½ 41 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 91.5, Kasparov 92.5
Costliest move: 15. O-O-O (Short, 55% → 30%)
Game 9: Kasparov v Short 1–0 52 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.2, Short 91.8
Costliest move: 32. Rxa5 (Kasparov, 92% → 75%)
Game 10: Short v Kasparov ½–½ 43 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 86.3, Kasparov 85.8
Costliest move: 32. Ne6 (Short, 95% → 65%)
Game 11: Kasparov v Short ½–½ 50 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.0, Short 93.9
Costliest move: 32. Rd2 (Kasparov, 56% → 39%)
Game 12: Short v Kasparov ½–½ 40 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 89.1, Kasparov 88.7
Costliest move: 35... Rd8 (Kasparov, 64% → 45%)
Game 13: Kasparov v Short ½–½ 34 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kasparov 92.5, Short 92.6
Costliest move: 10... O-O (Short, 55% → 43%)
Game 14: Short v Kasparov ½–½ 39 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 89.0, Kasparov 90.2
Costliest move: 33... Qg6 (Kasparov, 54% → 34%)
Game 15: Kasparov v Short 1–0 39 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Kasparov 93.6, Short 90.8
Costliest move: 32... c5 (Short, 37% → 18%)
Game 16: Short v Kasparov 1–0 38 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 91.2, Kasparov 87.5
Costliest move: 37... Qh5 (Kasparov, 21% → 1%)
Game 17: Kasparov v Short ½–½ 41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.9, Short 94.0
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 18: Short v Kasparov ½–½ 33 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 90.7, Kasparov 91.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 19: Kasparov v Short ½–½ 26 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kasparov 94.4, Short 93.7
Costliest move: 25... Ne4 (Short, 42% → 28%)
Game 20: Short v Kasparov ½–½ 36 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Short 92.2, Kasparov 92.0
No move cost more than 12%.
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