Kasparov Takes Game, Ties Series With Champion
MOSCOW — Challenger Gary Kasparov won the 11th game in the world chess championship Tuesday, locking the series with titleholder Anatoly Karpov at two games and 5 1/2 points each.
The Tass news agency said that Karpov, playing black, resigned on the 25th move of the game in which the players used the Nimzo-Indian defense.
The 22-year-old challenger gained a tremendous psychological advantage when he won the first game in the series, but the 34-year-old Karpov made a significant comeback to score victories in the fourth and fifth games.
The remaining games ended in draws, which give each player one-half point. The first player to win six games or the one with the most points at the end of the 24-game series will be named world champion.
If neither player holds an advantage, Karpov will retain his title.
Here are the moves of the game:
Kasparov-Karpov 11: 1 d4 nf6 2 c4 e6 3 nc3 bb4 4 nf3 0-0 5 bg5 c5 6 e3 c:d4 7 e:d4 h6 8 bh4 d5 9 rc1 d:c4 10 b:c4 nc6 11 0-0 be7 12 re1 b6 13 a3 bb7 14 bg3 rc8 15 ba2 bd6 16 d5 n:d5 17 n:d5 b:g3 18 h:g3 e:d5 19 b:d5 qf6 20 qa4 rfd8 21 rcd1 rd7 22 qg4 rcd8 23 q:d7 r:d7 24. re8ch kh7 25 be4ch resigns.