Positional Blunder! - Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov - World Chess Championship 1985 - Game 19
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FIDE introduced a 24 game limit, with the title holder Karpov enjoying draw odds. If Karpov lost, he also had the automatic right to a rematch.[6] The prize for the match was 1.6 million Swiss Francs, with 62.5% going to the champion.[7] For each draw, FIDE would deduct 1% of the purse, and fine each player a further 1%.[2] The arbiters were Andrey Petrov Malchev and Vladas Ivanovich Mikenas.[8] Kasparov had vociferously, and successfully, objected to FIDE's first choice of Svetozar Gligoric and Anton Kinzel, the arbiters from the Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1984), because he thought they had been too ready to follow Campomanes.[9] Karpov's seconds were Igor Arkadievich Zaitsev, Yuri Balashov,[10] Efim Geller, Sergey Makarichev and Evgeni Vasiukov.[11] Kasparov's seconds were Aleksander S Nikitin, assisted by Josif D Dorfman, Gennadi Timoshchenko, Evgeny Vladimirov and Alexander Shakarov.[10] The match was played in the Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow. Evgeny Vladimirov describes the scene: "...amongst the 1,500 spectators and the tens of millions of Soviet chess fans outside, there are no neutrals... Thousands stand in rows six feet deep all around the cordoned off Mayakovsky Square before the start of each game. A ticket for a good seat costs 2½ roubles but on the black market they are changing hands at 15 roubles..."[12]
Kasparov won the 1st game. Karpov evened the score in Game 4 by manoeuvering to build an overwhelming kingside attack, and then went ahead 2-1 when Kasparov pressed too hard for a win in Game 5. Karpov now experienced a period of weak play that lasted throughout the month of October. It started in Game 11, when Karpov made the crude blunder 22...Rcd8. Kasparov won the game with a queen sacrifice, tying the match. Karpov explains that he became distracted when the German news magazine Der Spiegel published a controversial story on September 30. It was about a large sum of money Karpov had allegedly received from a computer sponsorship deal, without notifying the Soviet authorities. This would have constituted a major violation of the exchange control regulations. Karpov was later cleared of the accusations. In an 1988 interview, Karpov agreed with the observation that he never played worse in a match against Kasparov than from October 1 to October 24, 1985. Furthermore, he said that Kasparov would not have become world champion in 1985 without help from Der Spiegel.[13]
In Game 16 Kasparov took the lead with what he regarded to be the "most beautiful" of the match and also "an important turning point. After this game I felt I could win the title, that I must win it. At the same time it became clear that Karpov felt the exact opposite."[14] Karpov reported that in home analysis before the game, his second Efim Geller had found the improvement 12.Be3, but forgot to tell him![11] After a drawn 17th game Kasparov took a time out, assuming that Karpov would go all out against him with the white pieces in Game 18.[5] Kasparov secured a two point lead when Karpov lashed out unsuccessfully on the kingside in Game 19. The drawn Game 21 ended unexpectedly after Kasparov suddenly noticed a flaw in his adjournment analysis. This seems to have encouraged Karpov, and Kasparov took another time out.[15] Karpov cut the lead to a point by playing aggressively with the white pieces in Game 22. Kasparov explained that he "underestimated the opponent's pawn offensive on the kingside."[16] In Game 24 Karpov needed to win in order to tie the match and retain his title. In a "superb fighting game, worthy of a world championship decider," Karpov built up a promising attacking position, but miscalculated after Kasparov sacrificed two pawns.[17] Garry Kasparov won the game, and so became the 13th world chess champion.
PGN:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. c5 d6 11. c4 b6 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e3 Be6 16. Qc3 Rf7 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Rab1 Re7 19. a4 Bf7 20. Bf1 h6 21. Bd3 Qd7 22. Qc2 Be6 23. Bb5 Qd8 24. Rd1 g5 25. Nf3 Rg7 26. Ne5 f4 27. Bf1 Qf6 28. Bg2 Rd8 29. e4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 Re7 31. Qc3 Bd5 32. Re1 Kg7 33. Ng4 Qf7 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Re1 Qd8 37. Ne5 Qf6 38. cxb6 Qxb6 39. gxf4 Rxd4 40. Nf3 Nb3 41. Rb1 Qf6 42. Qxc7+