1985

Year	Description and implications	Result
1985-May	Match v. Hübner, Hamburg	Won (+3=3-0)
1985-Jun	Match v. Andersson, Belgrade	Won (+2=4-0)
1985-Oct	K-K episode 2 (the one featuring Kasparov's brilliant Sicilian defence wins including the one where he had an octopus knight on d3) Location: held at the Tchaikovsky Concert hall (seating capacity of 1500 spectators) The Tchaikovsky Concert Hall Litle note: What surprised the webmaster is that the picture taken for the drama report for game 16 was just for dramatic effect. It is in fact the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall where this match (and other great Russian chess matches) were indeed played! Implications and Drama Karpov had never before lost the opening game of a world championship match Game 11 featured a nice queen sacrifice:- Kasparov played Qxd7!! People described Karpov's Rcd8 after Qg4, "the blunder of the century" Brilliantly creative game number 16 featured in the Barnet chess club drama section! (Featuring the octopus knight on d3) Note also that the final game was brilliantly creative! In the final game, Karpov, playing White, trailed 11-12, needing a win to save the title. He built up a promising attacking position, but it was Kasparov's brilliant counterattack that brought Kasparov the title of world champion. Kasparov played in the following position Re7 This move is simply genius, arguably echoing Nimzovich prophylaxis strategy. The two black rooks line up, behind the pawn on e6 Karpov,A - Kasparov,G [B85] Moscow (24), 1985 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.f4 0–0 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Nb3 b6 15.g4 Bc8 16.g5 Nd7 17.Qf2 Bf8 18.Bg2 Bb7 19.Rad1 g6 20.Bc1 Rbc8 21.Rd3 Nb4 22.Rh3 Bg7 23.Be3 Re7 24.Kg1 Rce8 25.Rd1 f5 26.gxf6 Nxf6 27.Rg3 Rf7 28.Bxb6 Qb8 29.Be3 Nh5 30.Rg4 Nf6 31.Rh4 g5 32.fxg5 Ng4 33.Qd2 Nxe3 34.Qxe3 Nxc2 35.Qb6 Ba8 36.Rxd6 Rb7 37.Qxa6 Rxb3 38.Rxe6 Rxb2 39.Qc4 Kh8 40.e5 Qa7+ 41.Kh1 Bxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Nd4+ 0–1 Final position British GM Raymond Keene wrote:- "The battle was not merely between two schools of chess, the volatile blitzkrieg of Kasparov and the subtle python manoevering of Karpov, but a clash between two philosophies - the self contained conformity to the system of the old champion and the brash individualism of his conqueror, a good Soviet citizen, but one not afraid to attack evident corruption in his own country or in the wider context of the World Chess Federation itself." Kasparov by winning this match became the youngest ever World Champion on the 9th November 1985 at the age of 22 years and 210 days	Defeated Karpov to become world champion (+5=16-3)
1985	Hamburg simultaneous	Lost