The Chess Lesson

Sitting on my desk is the March 1985 edition of Chess in Australia. The front page shows the results of the first Karpov v Kasparov World Championship Match, which was abandoned after 48 games. The decision was controversial as Kasparov had just won 2 games in a row, although Karpov still led 5 wins to 3 (6 wins needed to win the match).
Kasparov won the follow up match (which was limited to 24 games), with Karpov famously suggesting that the first match essentially trained Kasparov in how to beat him. If so, the first 9 games were a hard lesson for Kasparov as he lost 4 games (and drew 5), including this one in the third game of the match.


Karpov,Anatoly (2705) - Kasparov,Garry (2715) [B44]
World-ch30-KK1 Karpov-Kasparov +5-3=40 Moscow (3), 17.09.1984

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qxb6 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Rad1 d5 17. f3 Bf5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Rd6 Bxa2 21. Rxa6 Rb8 22. Bc5 Re8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. b4 Nb7 25. Bf2 Be7 26. Nc2 Bd5 27. Rd1 Bb3 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rxe6 Rxd7 30. Re1 Rc7 31. Bb6 1-0