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Double-Edged Ruy Lopez Classic! – Garray Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov – World Chess Championship 1986

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Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
London, Leningrad
Due to the rematch clause of the 1985 match, Garry Kasparov was forced to defend his title against Anatoly Karpov in 1986. However, no sooner did the 1985 match end, the details of this rematch were already being hotly contested.

Karpov vs Kasparov
Kasparov, Karpov talk with Eric Schiller. Margaret Thatcher on left.
FIDE president Campomanes declared that the rematch would take place in February of 1986, only three months after the previous match, instead of waiting the customary 12 months. On December 30, 1985, Campomanes gave an interview to the Associated Press in Geneva, stating that Kasparov would have until midnight January 7, 1986 to accept these conditions, and if he did not, Karpov would be declared world champion. Kasparov, however, stood firm to his convictions, announcing that he would not participate in the return match so soon after the first match had ended.

To break the deadlock, the Soviet chess federation met on January 21 and decided that the match would take place in July or August. Kasparov and Karpov signed an agreement on the following day without consulting FIDE:

a return match would be held in July or August 1986
the loser would play in February 1987 against the winner of the current candidates cycle, and
the title match for the next cycle would be held in July or August 1987
A week later both players then flew together to FIDE headquarters in Lucerne to meet Campomanes, to present their plans to FIDE, and to finish the arrangements. On 29 January, Campomanes gave a press conference, annoucing the terms of the match.[1]
The match was agreed to begin in July, played in both London and Leningrad, making this the first world championship between Soviet players to be conducted outside of the USSR. The British used the occasion to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first world chess championship, Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886.

On July 28, the match began. GM Lothar Schmid was the chief match arbiter. GM Ray Keene was the chief match organizer for the London leg. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher conducted the color selection.

On October 8, 1986, Kasparov retained the World Championship title.

[Event “Kasparov – Karpov World Championship Rematch”]
[Site “London ENG / Leningrad URS”]
[Date “1986.09.15”]
[Round “16”]
[White “Garry Kasparov (?)”]
[Black “Anatoly Karpov (?)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C92”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez: Closed, Flohr System”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 { C92 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Flohr System } 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3?! { (0.88 → 0.01) Inaccuracy. Nf1 was best. } (17. Nf1 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nb6 19. Ra1 Be7 20. Ne3 a5 21. Bd2 a4 22. Bc3 Ba6 23. Ra3 Bf6) 17… c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. N2f3 Nc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxa3 22. Nxa3 Ba6 23. Re3 Rb8 24. e5 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Nbd3? { (-0.22 → 0.88) Mistake. Ncd3 was best. } (25… Ncd3 26. Naxc4 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Nxc1 29. Qxc1 Rc8 30. Rf3 Qh4 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4) 26. Ng4?? { (0.88 → -0.82) Blunder. Qc2 was best. } (26. Qc2 Rb4) 26… Qb6 27. Rg3 g6?! { (-0.79 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (27… Ne4) 28. Bxh6 Qxb2 29. Qf3 Nd7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Kh2 Rb3 32. Bxd3 cxd3 33. Qf4 Qxa3?? { (1.00 → 11.85) Blunder. d2 was best. } (33… d2 34. Nh6 Nf6 35. Qd6+ Ke8 36. Qxa6 Qxa3 37. Qe2+ Kf8 38. Qxd2 Qd6 39. Qd4 Rxg3 40. fxg3) 34. Nh6 Qe7 35. Rxg6 Qe5 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. d6+ Ke6 38. Re8+ Kd5 39. Rxe5+ Nxe5 40. d7 Rb8 41. Nxf7 { Black resigns. } 1-0

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