The Most Controversial Decision in Chess History! - Kasparov vs Karpov - WCC 1984/1985
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Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984-85
The Aborted Match
From the age of 12, the chess genius from Azerbaijan Garry Kasparov was setting new standards. After becoming the youngest player to win the USSR Junior Championship he went on to win the World Junior Championship at age 16. His style was aggressive and dynamic. On his seventeenth birthday he achieved the grandmaster title.
After defeating Beliavsky, Korchnoi, and Smyslov in the candidates matches, Kasparov earned the right to challenge Anatoly Karpov for the title. The match was held in Moscow. Once again, the format was the first to 6 wins, draws not counting.
Karpov secured quick lead in the match, winning games 3, 6, 7, and 9 to establish a dominating score of 4-0. However, due an incredible series of draws, it wasn't until game 27 when Karpov claimed his 5th point. With the score 5-0, Karpov's victory appeared imminent, but this marathon struggle was outlasting everybody's expectations. Finally, on the 32nd game, Kasparov beat Karpov for the first time. After another long series of draws, Kasparov won game 47 and game 48, making the score 5 to 3.
At this stage, FIDE President Florencio Campomanes made a most unexpected and controversial decision: he called the match off.
At the press conference at which he announced his decision, Campomanes cited the health of the two players, which had been put under strain by the length of the match, despite that both Karpov and Kasparov stated that they would prefer the match to continue. Karpov had lost 10kg (22lb) over the course of the match. Kasparov, however, was in excellent health and extremely resentful of Campomanes' decision, asking him why he was abandoning the match if both players wanted to continue. It would appear that Kasparov, who had won the last two games before the suspension, felt the same way as some commentators: that he was now the favorite to win the match despite his 5-3 deficit. He appeared to be physically stronger than his opponent, and in the later games seemed to have been playing the better chess.[1]
The match lasted from September 10, 1984 to February 8, 1985. It was aborted after 48 games, making Karpov the de facto winner. A new match was scheduled to take place later in 1985.
[Event "Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match 1984/85"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1985.02.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "48"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 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.Qe5 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 Rd1+ 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