World Chess Championship 1984

Competitors of the 1984 World Chess Championship

Portraits
	Garry Kasparov	Anatoly Karpov
nation
status	challenger	Defending champion world champion since 1975
Age	21 years	33 years
Elo rating (July 1984)	2710	2700

The 1984 World Chess Championship was held in Moscow from September 10, 1984 to February 15, 1985 between the world chess champion Anatoly Karpov and his challenger Garry Kasparov . After 48 games without a decision, the competition was canceled by FIDE President Florencio Campomanes and continued seven months later as the 1985 World Chess Championship with new regulations, whereby the result of the canceled fight was not included in the new match. Kasparov won this fight and became the youngest world champion in chess at the age of 22 .

prehistory

Soviet postage stamp on the occasion of the 1984 World Chess Championship

Karpov was named world champion by FIDE in 1975 without a fight due to Bobby Fischer's refusal to defend his world title. Twice - in 1978 and 1981 - he defended his title against Viktor Korchnoi , who was able to prevail in the candidate fights .

Kasparov came into the foreground of the broad chess public when he took part in a championship of the USSR in 1978 at the age of only 15 - as the youngest player in history. By 1984 he had fought his way to the top of the world and was able to confidently qualify as a challenger to Karpov.

Qualification cycle 1982–1984

Interzonal tournaments

Three interzonal tournaments took place. The first two players qualified for the Candidates Tournament . Kasparov, then 19 years old, won the Moscow Interzonal Tournament by a strong 1.5 points ahead of Alexander Beliavsky . Ribli won the tournament in Las Palmas before Smyslow , and the interzonal tournament in Toluca was won jointly by Portisch and Torre .

Candidates tournament

The six qualifiers from the interzonal tournaments met Kortschnoi and Hübner , the finalists of the previous candidate final for the 1981 World Cup , in knock-out fights . Kasparov prevailed.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Kasparov

6th

Beliavsky

3

Kasparov

7th

Korchnoi

4th

Portic

3

Korchnoi

6th

Kasparov

8½

Smyslow

4½

Ribli

6th

Torre

4th

Ribli

4½

Smyslow

6½

Huebner

7th

Smyslow

7 1

¹The fight between Smyslow and Huebner was 5: 5 after 10 games. After four extra games, which also brought no decision, the roulette decided in favor of Smyslow.

Course of the candidate competitions

Quarter-finals Hübner - Smyslow, March / April 1983 in Velden am Wörther See

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Points
Robert Huebner	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	7th
Vasily Smyslow	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	7th

Quarter-finals Torre - Ribli, April 1983 in Alicante

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	Points
Eugenio Torre	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	4th
Zoltan Ribli	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	6th

Quarter-finals Kasparov - Beliavsky, February / March 1983 in Moscow

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	Points
Garry Kasparov	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	6th
Alexander Beliavsky	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	0	0	3

Quarter-finals Kortschnoi - Portisch, March / April 1983 in Bad Kissingen

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	Points
Viktor Korchnoi	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	6th
Lajos Portisch	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	3

Semi-finals Kasparov - Korchnoi, November / December 1983 in London

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Points
Garry Kasparov	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	7th
Viktor Korchnoi	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	4th

Semifinals Smyslow - Ribli, November / December 1983 in London

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Points
Vasily Smyslow	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	6½
Zoltan Ribli	0	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	4½

Candidate finals Kasparov - Smyslow, March / April 1984 in Vilnius

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	Points
Garry Kasparov	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	8½
Vasily Smyslow	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	4½

World Championship

course

The competition was first dominated by Karpov. He fought harder against Kasparov's imaginative, energetic attack chess than his previous opponent and mercilessly countered inaccuracies of his young opponent. Already after nine games Karpov was leading 4-0 in six winning games to be achieved.

3rd game

Karpow – Kasparow, game 3

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 31.Bb6

Karpov – Kasparov 1-0

Moscow, September 17, 1984

Sicilian Defense , B44

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. S1c3 a6 8. Sa3 Be7 9. Be2 0–0 10. 0–0 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Sa5 13.Qxb6 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16.Rad1 d5 17.f3 Bf5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rxd5 Be6 20.Rd6 Bxa2 21.Rxa6 Rb8 22.Bc5 Re8 23.Bb5 Re6 24.b4 Nb7 25. Bf2 Be7 26.Nc2 Bd5 27.Rd1 Bb3 28.Rd7 Rd8 29.Rxe6 Rxd7 30. Re1 Rc7 31. Bb6 1: 0

6th game

Kasparow – Karpow, game 6

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 70 ... Rxf5

Kasparov – Karpov 0-1

Moscow, September 26, 1984

Queen's Indian Defense , E15

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4 + 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 0–0 8. 0–0 d5 9. Ne5 c6 10. Bc3 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Rc1 Ba3 18. Rc2 Sa4 19. Ba1 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Qa5 21. Qd1 Rc8 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Nc3 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Nxd4 Nxa2 27.Nc6 Bc5 28.Bh3 Ta8 29.Bd4 Bxd4 30.Nxd4 Kf8 31.d6 Nc3 32.Nc6 Bb7 33.Lg2 Re8 34.Ne5 f6 35. d7 Rd8 36.Bxb7 fxe5 37. Bc6 Ke7 38.Bxb5 Nxb5 39. Rxe5 + Kxd7 40. Rxb5 Kc6 41.Rh5 h6 42. Re5 Ra8 43.Ra5 Kb6 44.Ra2 a5 45.Kf1 a4 46. Ke2 Kc5 47. Kd2 a3 48. Kc1 Kd4 49. f4 Ke4 50. Kb1 Rb8 + 51. Ka1 Rb2 52. Rxa3 Rxh2 53. Kb1 Td2 54. Ra6 Kf5 55. Ra7 g5 56. Ra6 g4 57. Rxh6 Rg2 58. Rh5 + Ke4 59. f5 Rf2 60. Kc1 Kf3 61. Kd1 Kxg3 62. Ke1 Kg2 63. Rg5 g3 64. Rh5 Rf4 65. Ke2 Re4 + 66. Kd3 Kf3 67. Rh1 g2 68. Rh3 + Kg4 69. Rh8 Rf4 70. Ke2 Rxf5 0: 1

7th game

Karpow – Kasparow, game 7

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 44.Qxf6 +

Karpov – Kasparov 1-0

Moscow, September 28, 1984

Queen's Gambit rejected ( Tarrasch Defense ), D34

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0–0 0–0 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Sa5 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Nf5 Rc8 15.Nxe7 + Rxe7 16.Rad1 De8 17.h3 Bh5 18.Bxd5 Bg6 19.Qc1 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Nc4 21. Bd4 Tec7 22. b3 Nb6 23. Re5 Qd7 24. De3 f6 25.Rc5 Rxc5 26.Bxc5 Qxh3 27.Rd1 h5 28.Rd4 Nd7 29.Bd6 Bf7 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Rxd5 a6 32.Bf4 Nf8 33. Qd3 Qg4 34. f3 Qg6 35.Kf2 Rc2 36. Qe3 Rc8 37. Qd8 Rxd8 39. Qxd8 Qf7 40.Bd6 g5 41. Qa8 Kg7 42. Qxa6 Qd7 43.Bxf8 + Kxf8 44. Qxf6 + 1: 0

9th game

Karpow – Kasparow, game 9

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 70. Nd6

Karpov – Kasparov 1-0

Moscow, October 5, 1984

Queen's Gambit rejected (Tarrasch Defense), D34

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0–0 0–0 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Sa5 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Nf5 Rc8 15. Bd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Ne3 Be6 18.Rad1 Qc8 19. Qa4 Rd8 20.Rd3 a6 21.Rfd1 Nc4 22.Nxc4 Rxc4 23.Q5 Rc5 24. Qb6 Rd7 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rdxc7 27. h3 h5 28. a3 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bf3 b5 32. Kg2 T7c5 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rd4 Kf8 35.Be2 Rxd4 36. exd4 Ke7 37. Sa2 Bc8 38. Nb4 Kd6 39. f3 Ng8 40. h4 Nh6 41. Kf2 Nf5 42. Nc2 f6 43. Bd3 g5 44. Bxf5 Bxf5 45. Ne3 Bb1 46. b4 gxh4 47. Ng2 hxg3 + 48. Kxg3 Ke6 49. Nf4 + Kf5 50.Nxh5 Ke6 51.Nf4 + Kd6 52.Kg4 Bc2 53.Kh5 Bd1 54. Kg6 Ke7 55.Nxd5 + Ke6 56.Nc7 + Kd7 57.Nxa6 Bxf3 58.Kxf6 Kd6 59.Kf5 Kd5 60.Kf4 Lh1 61.Ke3 Kc4 62 Nc5 Bc6 63. Nd3 Bg2 64. Ne5 + Kc3 65. Ng6 Kc4 66. Ne7 Bb7 67. Nf5 Bg2 68. Nd6 + Kb3 69. Nxb5 Ka4 70. Nd6 1: 0

27th game

Karpow – Kasparow, game 27

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 59. Re2

Karpov – Kasparov 1-0

Moscow, November 23, 1984

Queen's Gambit declined, D37

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 0–0 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qa5 11. 0–0 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. c6 bxc6 15. Tab1 Nb6 16. Be2 c5 17. Rfc1 Bb7 18. Kf1 Bd5 19. Rb5 Nd7 20. Ra5 Rfb8 21.c4 Bc6 22. Ne1 Rb4 23.Bd1 Rb7 24. f3 Rd8 25.Nd3 g5 26.Bb3 Kf8 27.Nxc5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 Rd6 29. Ke2 Ke7 30.Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Kd6 32.Ra5 f5 33. Ke2 h5 34. e4 fxe4 35. fxe4 Bxe4 36. Rxg5 Bf5 37. Ke3 h4 38. Kd4 e5 + 39. Kc3 Bb1 40. a3 Re7 41. Rg4 h3 42. g3 Re8 43. Rg7 Rf8 44. Rxa7 Rf2 45. Kb4 Rxh2 46. c5 + Kc6 47.Ba4 + Kd5 48. Rd7 + Ke4 49. c6 Rb2 + 50. Ka5 Rb8 51. c7 Rc8 52. Kb6 Ke3 53.Bc6 h2 54. g4 Rh8 55. Rd1 Ba2 56. Re1 + Kf4 57. Re4 + Kg3 58.Rxe5 Kxg4 59. Re2 1: 0

32nd game

Kasparow – Karpow, Part 32

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 41. g5

Kasparov – Karpov 1-0

Moscow, December 12, 1984

Queen's Indian Defense, E12

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 c5 11. g3 g6 12. h4 Qe7 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. h5 f5 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Rc3 Rc6 18. Re3 Re6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Ng5 De7 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. hxg6 d4 23. g7 Bxg7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. f3 Qd5 26.Rxh7 Rxh7 27.Nxh7 Qb3 28. Bd6 Ne6 29.Ng5 Bh6 30. Bf4 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Nxg5 32. Qxg5 Qxb2 33. Qxf5 Qc1 + 34. Kf2 Qe3 + 35. Kf1 Qc1 + 36. Kg2 Qxa3 37. Qh5 + Kd7 38. Qg4 + Kc6 39. Qxd4 b5 40. g4 b4 41. g5 1: 0

47th game

Karpow – Kasparow, Part 47

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 32 ... d2

Karpov – Kasparov 0-1

Moscow, January 30, 1985

Rejected Queen's Gambit ( Cambridge Springs variant ), D52

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Dd2 S7b6 9. Nxd5 Qxd2 + 10.Nxd2 exd5 11. Bd3 a5 12. a4 Bb4 13. Ke2 Bg4 + 14. f3 Bh5 15. h4 0–0 16. g4 Bg6 17. b3 Bxd3 + 18. Kxd3 Rfe8 19.Rac1 c5 20. Bf4 Tac8 21. dxc5 Nd7 22. c6 bxc6 23.Rd1 Nc5 + 24. Kc2 f6 25. Nf1 Ne6 26. Bg3 Ted8 27. Bf2 c5 28. Nd2 c4 29. bxc4 Nc5 30. e4 d4 31. Nb1 d3 + 32. Kb2 d2 0: 1

48th game

Kasparow – Karpow, Part 48

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 67. Kc3

Kasparov – Karpov 1-0

Moscow, February 8, 1985

Russian Defense , C42

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0–0 Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 0–0 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. a3 a6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rad1 c6 21. Bh6 Rfd8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxg6 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Be4 Rf7 26.Re3 Rg7 27.Rdd3 Rf8 28.Rg3 Kh8 29.Qc3 Rf7 30.Rde3 Kg8 31. De5 Qc7 32.Rxg7 + Rxg7 33.Bxd5 Qxe5 34.Bxe6 + Qxe6 35.Rxe6 Rd7 36.b4 Kf7 37. Re3 Rd1 + 38. Kh2 Rc1 39. g4 b5 40. f4 c5 41. bxc5 Rxc5 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Kg3 a5 44. Kf3 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Ke4 Rb5 47. Rb3 Rb8 48. Kd5 Kf6 49. Kc5 Re8 50.Rxb4 Re3 51. h4 Rh3 52. h5 Rh4 53. f5 Rh1 54. Kd5 Td1 + 55.Rd4 Re1 56. Kd6 Re8 57. Kd7 Rg8 58. h6 Kf7 59.Rc4 Kf6 60. Re4 Kf7 61. Kd6 Kf6 62. Re6 + Kf7 63. Re7 + Kf6 64. Rg7 Rd8 + 65. Kc5 Rd5 + 66. Kc4 Rd4 + 67. Kc3 1: 0

Kasparov then changed his tactics and tried to keep the games drawn . Draw games were not counted in the competition. That worked. Only after a long series of draws was Karpov able to score the 5-0 in the 27th game, but he failed to score the sixth point. In the 32nd game, Kasparov won his first victory - and after another series of draws he won the 47th and 48th game in a row against the exhausted Karpov.

The chairman of the World Chess Federation FIDE, Florencio Campomanes, then illegally broke off the competition on February 15, 1985 with no result. As an argument he used to want to protect the health of the players. The competition had now lasted 48 games - twice as long as one in the 1951-1972 usual mode.

Results table

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
Anatoly Karpov	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½
Garry Kasparov	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½
	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	Victories	Points
Anatoly Karpov	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	5	25th
Garry Kasparov	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	3	23

Post-history

The competition was rescheduled - this time limited to 24 games. Kasparov won this competition in November 1985 and became the 13th world chess champion.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the match, Kasparov and Karpov played a rapid and blitz chess match from September 22nd to 24th, 2009 in Valencia ( Spain ) . Kasparov won the rapid chess match with 3: 1 and the blitz chess match with 6: 2 points. The referee was Geurt Gijssen from the Netherlands .

Individual references and sources

1. ↑ Thanks to Bobby . In: Der Spiegel . No. 47 , 1985, pp. 221-223 ( Online - Nov. 18, 1985 ).
2. ↑ World Chess Championship, 1982–1984 cycle: Moscow Interzonal 1982
3. ↑ World Chess Championship, cycle 1982–1984: Interzonal tournament Las Palmas 1982
4. ↑ World Chess Championship, 1982–1984 cycle: Toluca interzonal tournament 1982
5. ↑ World Chess Championship, 1982–1984 cycle: candidate fights
6. ^ André Schulz : 25 years of demolition In: de.chessbase.com. February 15, 2010, accessed February 16, 2010.
7. ↑ Dagobert Kohlmeyer : Kasparov with a bite In: de.chessbase.com. September 23, 2009, accessed July 28, 2019.
8. ↑ Kasparov vs Karpov Match in Valencia 2009 In: The Week in Chess. September 24, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
9. ↑ Kasparov and Karpov to play 12 games match in Valencia In: chessdom.com. July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
10. ↑ Kasparov beats Karpov in the anniversary duel In: Spiegel Online. September 25, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
11. ↑ Results of the rapid chess match at chessgames.com
12. ↑ Results of the blitz chess match at chessgames.com

Web links

• World Cup 1984 at Chessgames
• Report on the cancellation on Chessbase.de
• Report on Spiegel Online from February 18, 1985.
• Report on the demolition from Edward Winter