Russian-born chess grandmaster and émigré Gennadi “Genna” Sosonko still remembers where he was 40 years ago today, when he heard that the 1984-85 World Championship match in Moscow between Garry ...

"he duel will put chess in the spotlight once again, as it did 25 years ago,'' Kasparov, 46, told the Spanish daily El Pais. Both players, considered among the greatest masters of the game, were still ...

Kasparov vs. Karpov: Epic chess battles revealed Posted: December 21, 2025 | Last updated: February 11, 2026 Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov: The World Championship Rivalry of 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, ...

Interwoven portraits of Anatoli Karpov and Garry Kasparov, whose 25-year bitter rivalry accompanied the fall of the USSR. The story of a duel between two chess giants, fighting a personal war in a ...

Nine games and 25 days in, Karpov had established a seemingly unassailable 4-0 lead. As Kasparov began to get more of a handle on the match, the next 17 games were drawn, before Karpov won again in ...