1987 Championship Match
The match was played as the best of 24 games. If it ended 12-12, Kasparov would retain his title.
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World Chess Championship Match 1987 Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Points Garry Kasparov (Soviet Union) 2740 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 12 Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union) 2700 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 12
Kasparov retained his title.
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