1985 World Chess Championship Garry Kasparov (USSR) vs. Anatoly Karpov (USSR) Moscow, USSR September 3 - November 9, 1985 Conditions: Best of 24 Games. In the event of a 12-12 tie, Karpov retains the title.Result: Garry Kasparov becomes the 13th World Champion.
USSR, 1985 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Score Kasparov 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 13 Karpov 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 11
# White - Black Locale Date ECO Result 1 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 09-03-1985 E20 1-0 2 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 09-05-1985 B85 ½-½ 3 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 09-10-1985 D55 ½-½ 4 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 09-12-1985 D55 1-0 5 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 09-14-1985 C92 0-1 6 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 09-19-1985 D55 ½-½ 7 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 09-21-1985 E32 ½-½ 8 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 09-24-1985 D58 ½-½ 9 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 09-26-1985 C92 ½-½ 10 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 09-28-1985 B85 ½-½ 11 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 10-01-1985 E21 1-0 12 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 10-03-1985 B44 ½-½ 13 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 10-08-1985 E20 ½-½ 14 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 10-10-1985 B54 ½-½ 15 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 10-12-1985 C42 ½-½ 16 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 10-15-1985 B44 0-1 17 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 10-17-1985 E20 ½-½ 18 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 10-22-1985 B85 ½-½ 19 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 10-24-1985 E21 1-0 20 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 10-26-1985 D35 ½-½ 21 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 10-31-1985 D31 ½-½ 22 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 11-05-1985 D35 1-0 23 Kasparov - Karpov Moscow 11-07-1985 D55 ½-½ 24 Karpov - Kasparov Moscow 11-09-1985 B85 0-1